A pan-African event keeps its sights set on local scenes
A year-long travelling exhibition celebrates the continent’s leading artists
What not to miss at London Art Week
Highlights of this year’s event include a long-lost tapestry commissioned by Charles I and dozens of drawings by Adolph von Menzel
Frieze, 1–54, and more – what’s in store in New York this month
A large slice of the Big Apple is given over to the two contemporary art fairs this May
Beyond TEFAF – more to see in and around Maastricht
There’s plenty to see throughout the Low Countries this month – from Van Gogh and Hockney to the Dutch Caravaggisti
What’s in store at the Armory Show 2019
A tribute to Robert Morris stands out among the displays of modern and contemporary art at this year’s fair
What not to miss at London Art Fair 2019
This year’s edition of the fair presents modern British works inspired by the Sussex countryside alongside global contemporary art
The museum openings not to miss in 2019
The National Museum of Qatar and a centre for street art are among the institutions opening next year
‘I’m as excited about etching now as I ever have been’ – an interview with Norman Ackroyd
The artist’s etchings capture the mood and meaning of the remotest landscapes in the British Isles
‘Art X Lagos is more like an arts festival than your average art fair’
The liveliness of the international art fair shows that the Nigerian arts scene is going from strength to strength
‘There’s something suspicious about painting’ – an interview with Joe Bradley
The painter talks about his attachment to black and the three-dimensional quality of his canvases
What not to miss at 1–54 in London
Ibrahim El-Salahi’s public sculpture and the multimedia dreamworld of Athi-Patra Ruga stand out at this year’s fair
Frieze Week highlights: protest, painting and dwarf planets
What not to miss in London – including an overview of Haiti’s modern art movement and new works by Kemang Wa Lehulere
How the V&A Dundee is rewriting the history of Scotland
The country’s first design museum is taking a cosmopolitan approach to presenting the national story
Jiří Kolář’s collages cut up reality to devastating effect
The Czech artist’s unsettling work includes a vivid record of the crushing of the Prague Spring
The destruction of The List at the Liverpool Biennial is deeply troubling
The List, which documents the thousands of people who have died trying to reach Europe, was torn down from hoardings in Liverpool
Ecstasy and ethnography in Geneva
An exhibition at the MEG urges us to see African religious objects afresh by placing them in contemporary sacred contexts
Bacon and Giacometti remain as elusive as ever at the Fondation Beyeler
The Fondation Beyeler ingeniously pairs Bacon and Giacometti in a way that highlights the individuality of both artists
What not to miss at London Art Week
A painting Canova tried to pass off as a Giorgione and a full-length portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi stand out this year
Glasgow International plays tricks on the city
Scotland’s most ambitious biennial sets out to disorient – and largely succeeds
What’s in store at Frieze and 1-54 in New York this week
A tribute to the late gallerist Hudson sets the tone for Frieze New York, and what not to miss at 1-54
How Van Gogh imagined Japan
The artist’s collection of Japanese prints gave him a new way of seeing the world
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