The abstract painter was always fascinated by the figurative and, as this show at the Art Institute of Chicago makes clear, his draughtsmanship is still underrated
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To mark 100 years since the death of Mary Cassatt, who rendered women’s spaces with warmth, empathy and psychological detail, we explore four mother-and-child works from very different traditions
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The Courtauld’s selection of sculptures, drawings and paintings explores how deeply Hepworth thought about form, colour and space
Audiences in Paris have six weeks to catch a vivid reimagining of a crossroads in Egypt’s colonial history
Snapshots of life published in newspapers in the German capital over the last century provide revealing insights into propaganda, reportage and the art of photography itself
The Metropolitan Museum of Art suggests that musical instruments can be just as artistic as the sounds they produce
To mark 60 years since the death of Jean Arp, we look at four works that capture the irreverent, inventive spirit of Dada
Kevin Salatino and Mel Becker Solomon of the Art Institute of Chicago anatomise one of the Abstract Expressionist’s pastel drawings of women
