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Keeping track of time in the Middle Ages
An exhibition at the Morgan Library examines medieval concepts of past, present and future
‘A total immersion within the landscape’
From Cornish coves to remote towns in Italy, a sense of place is central to the paintings of Peter Lanyon
Sylvia Pankhurst and the art of suffrage
How Sylvia Pankhurst designed the movement that won women the vote
Beyond TEFAF – more to see in Maastricht and the region
A look at some of the impressive satellite shows being staged alongside TEFAF
The crowd-pulling power of the Obama portraits
Form an orderly queue to see Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The critics putting the hatchet into Civilisations and ‘All Too Human’, why Ed Sheeran is going Anglo-Saxon, and more arty tittle-tattle
The BBC’s ‘Civilisation’ reboot is fixed firmly in the present
The update of Kenneth Clark’s landmark series takes a more questioning approach to art history
Charles I, the connoisseur king
His political judgements may have been poor, but Charles I’s art collection was first rate
Sondra Perry: Typhoon Coming On
Performances and new media works exploring racial identity and power structures in a digital age
Light, fire and smoke – an interview with Anthony McCall
Anthony McCall talks about sculpting with materials such as light and fire – on view in Wakefield and London
The Catholic chapel that cost Eton one pound
An early 20th-century copy of a baroque chapel has been restored to its former glory
Reconstructing ancient Rome
An extraordinarily ambitious attempt to map the city will set off as many arguments as it solves
‘This exhibition is about forces enacted on the body’
George Henry Longly discusses his exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, which features eight Japanese armours
Bock and Clark share a sensitive approach to their subjects
At the Ikon Gallery, two very different artists approach their subjects with remarkable empathy
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Correcting Jasper Johns, Tory fossils, artists as cheeses, and, erm, a couple of cats stories
‘Tell me who Kandinsky is’: T.S. Eliot among the artists
Can T.S. Eliot’s poetic experiments be read alongside parallel developments in the visual arts? And how much has he influenced artists?
Milan’s modern masters enchant at the Estorick
The Pinacoteca di Brera’s overlooked collection of modern Italian art gets a welcome outing in London
Face to face with the Gurlitt hoard
The paintings that Cornelius Gurlitt, son of a Third Reich art dealer, kept hidden for decades are now out in the open – so what happens next?
Should Britain stop building museums?
A recent government report says it should – but with limited public funding available, can Britain’s existing museums grow?
‘There is an element of optimism in my work’
Rasheed Araeen talks to Apollo about six-decades of making visually arresting and politically engaged art
Street artists in the US have more rights than they thought
The 5Pointz case sets a new standard for artists seeking to assert their moral rights