The British-Iranian artist Laila Tara H’s refined images are thoughtfully framed to express her frustration with a patriarchal society – but never at the expense of playfulness
Gardens aren’t just lovesome things. In the writer’s gently rambling book on the subject, they are seedbeds of rebellion too
Before and after the Second World War, David Bomberg explored a vertiginous new style of landscape painting – and his student Frank Auerbach was clearly taking notes
Between the Bruges and Beaufort Triennials, contemporary art enthusiasts are spoiled for choice – and may see some unexpected sights
A memoir by the friend and business partner of convicted fraudster Inigo Philbrick raises disturbing questions about the art world
The Fitzrovia Chapel is an atmospheric choice of venue for an exhibition with an occult edge
The ‘Loft Law’ of 1982 protected artists living in industrial zones from rising rents and eviction. Joshua Charow’s photographs record the members of an endangered tribe
At the Eye Filmmuseum, the latest provocation by the Catalan artist and director features French libertines and turns us all into Peeping Toms
The Polish-born artist’s paintings and drawings may have an air of the doodle, but her politically radical work is thrillingly inventive
From Louis XIV to Catherine the Great, monarchs didn’t just commission ambitious projects, but also played a serious part in the design process
Being married to the monarch was a hazardous business, but all six queens have lived on in popular memory and the artistic imagination
Still-life painting in Britain really took off in the 20th century when artists adopted a more experimental approach
An exhibition in Venice underscores the artist’s restless imagination and shapeshifting tendencies
An exhibition at the British Museum shows that the artist deliberately shaped his legacy by the drawings he chose to leave behind
Now 88, the Glaswegian artist is finally being fêted for her unpredictable visions of domesticity
The self-taught artist died tragically young at the age of 35, but there’s no denying the talent he demonstrated in his all-too-brief career
Drawings and watercolours of India belonging to a Scottish railway engineer take on new meaning if we look for what they don’t show
Identifying the inspirations for the Romanian sculptor’s enigmatic works remains quite the puzzle
Matthew Smith’s striking use of colour, learnt from the Post-Impressionists, left a mark on the British artists who succeeded him
Using nothing but a magnifying glass and the sun’s rays, the artist created sculptures that defy easy categorisation
Christopher Wood’s account of a turning point in early Renaissance art is typically demanding and always stimulating
William Burrell came to own 23 paintings by the artist, but an exhibition in Glasgow shows that his contemporaries were just as appreciative
The artist spent much of the 1980s making works inspired by his international trips – and showing off the results in the countries themselves
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
