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In the studio with… Wendy Sharpe
The artist has all she needs in her capacious studio in Sydney, where her artist partner, some audiobooks and a Mexican papier-mâché skeleton keep her company
The favourite fabric of the French elite
The printed, patterned cloth called toile de Jouy was at its height of its popularity in the 18th century, but still delights today
In Norway, a converted grain silo contains a bumper crop of Nordic art
A 1930s structure has been repurposed to house the collection of Nicolai Tangen. It’s certainly impressive, but how coherent is the work on show?
Diamonds, dinosaurs and drawings – just some of the fun at London’s summer fairs
There really is something for every kind of collector at Treasure House Fair and London Art Week this summer
Birmingham’s Barber Institute is getting more cutting-edge
Midway through a major refurbishment, the Barber Institute is still managing to thrive at a challenging time for UK museums
‘Burningly cerebral and slightly mad’ – André Masson at the Pompidou-Metz, reviewed
As a rare exhibition of his work demonstrates, the French Surrealist’s art took a series of very intense twists and turns
The intoxicating adverts of Armando Testa
The Italian artist had no shortage of spirited designs for corporate brewers and distillers keen to convey the essence of their products
The Castilian ruin that is now a haven for contemporary art
Collectors Lorena Pérez-Jácome and Javier Lumbreras are bringing new life to a 16th-century Jesuit school
The Flemish tapestry that takes us into the heart of a decisive battle
Nancy E. Edwards of the Kimbell Art Museum explains how a magnificent tapestry by Bernard van Orley re-enacts the Battle of Pavia
The weird reflections of Jean Cocteau
An exhibition in Venice underscores the artist’s restless imagination and shapeshifting tendencies
Where are all the women Impressionists?
The work of Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot and their female contemporaries is now in great demand, but very short supply
The feuding artists who shaped Russian art after the Revolution
A new book tells the story of Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir Tatlin’s competing artistic outlooks in the years after the Bolshevik revolution with verve
Picnicking with the Impressionists
Comparing the spreads on offer in scenes by Manet and Monet suggests that eating outdoors offered the artists a very particular kind of freedom
The British collectors who developed a decided taste for Degas
William Burrell came to own 23 paintings by the artist, but an exhibition in Glasgow shows that his contemporaries were just as appreciative
Turin’s new photo festival takes a wide-angled view of the world
An ambitious new event features several photographers seeing colonial histories through a contemporary lens
Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women
The Smithsonian celebrates a group of 20th-century women whose innovative work helped bring textile art out of the shadows
‘My art’s got to be a carnival, I’m there with you’ – an interview with Alvaro Barrington
Ahead of his Tate Britain commission, the artist tells Apollo about being inspired by Tupac and Cy Twombly and wanting to involve communities in everything he makes
The revolutionary textiles of Britta Marakatt-Labba
The influential Sami artist talks to Apollo about how she has always woven politics and protest into her work
‘This is to art what constitutional monarchy is to kingship’ – Jonathan Yeo’s portrait of Charles III, reviewed
The painting perfectly captures the essence of royalty today – it’s undeniably attention-grabbing, but hollow to the core
The artists who were obsessed with West Sussex
Blake, Constable and Ivon Hitchens all feature in Alexandra Harris’s account of a place she knows well, but it’s the more obscure figures who really shine
In the studio with… Joan Semmel
The New York native keeps up with current affairs, listens to Radio Garden and works every day – that is, when she’s not entertaining Leonardo DiCaprio
Make a date with the Stone of Destiny at the new Perth Museum
The ancient Scottish relic makes for a captivating moment of theatre, but the rest of the displays are just as artfully done
Splendor and Misery: New Objectivity in Germany
After the First World War, German artists took an unflinching look at the realities of everyday life in the Weimar Republic
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