Samuel Reilly is a freelance writer in Edinburgh and a PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews.
The country’s first design museum is taking a cosmopolitan approach to presenting the national story
The Czech artist’s unsettling work includes a vivid record of the crushing of the Prague Spring
The List, which documents the thousands of people who have died trying to reach Europe, was torn down from hoardings in Liverpool
An exhibition at the MEG urges us to see African religious objects afresh by placing them in contemporary sacred contexts
The Fondation Beyeler ingeniously pairs Bacon and Giacometti in a way that highlights the individuality of both artists
A painting Canova tried to pass off as a Giorgione and a full-length portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi stand out this year
Scotland’s most ambitious biennial sets out to disorient – and largely succeeds
A tribute to the late gallerist Hudson sets the tone for Frieze New York, and what not to miss at 1-54
The artist’s collection of Japanese prints gave him a new way of seeing the world