Nearly a century and a half after the painter’s trip to the Channel Islands, his paintings of Guernsey can now be compared to the actual views
The artist’s later work is usually regarded as apolitical but, as the Stick Men paintings show, he produced some of his most savage work after the war
The shortlisted artists highlight the fragility of the existing order, with the best of them upending what we expect from a show in a gallery
Kirsty Sinclair Dootson shows that a history of colour processes is also a history of shifts in society
The history of Palestinian dress is inseparable from that of the nation itself – and now the subject of an invaluable exhibition
To mark the painter’s 300th birthday, the Box in Plymouth is staging a thoughtful show that encourages us to look beyond the obvious
The artist’s compilation of entrances and exits in the movies takes viewers deep into a labyrinth – and leaves us to find our own way out
In the Neue Nationalgalerie’s celebration of the sculptor’s 75th birthday, modernity is never what it used to be
Modern artists have managed to make surprisingly strong statements on blank or partially erased pages
Fauvism may have been a short-lived movement, but the explosively colourful compositions of Matisse, Derain and co. remain undimmed
A former pig farm is a meeting place for artists and scientists delving into the mysteries of the dark
The painter was always reluctant to regard his paintings as finished and revisted some of his greatest compositions several times
The artist’s colourful paintings have transformed Turner Contemporary inside and out
When it came to designing stained-glass windows, Henry Holiday was more than a match for his friend Edward Burne-Jones
An understanding of theatrical culture in the 18th century is vital for understanding the most important painters of the period
An exhibition in Vienna tackles the involvement of Jewish players in some of Europe’s oldest clubs – and how those clubs acknowledge this history
The Eye Filmmuseum highlights the madness of the director’s methods and how beautiful the finished films are – and leaves us to make up our own minds about it all
A book by Daniel H. Weiss, outgoing president and CEO of the Met, offers a public-spirited view of how a changing world can benefit from the constancy of large institutions
At Leighton House, intricate gold drawings by the Pre-Raphaelite artist reveal her great debt to Italian sources
The Iraqi-American artist has been working with migrant communities in the north-east to create a garden and greenhouse at the Baltic Centre
The Scottish painter who has long treated book covers as blank canvases is now also working on a much bigger scale
As a book about mist and fog in European painting shows, artists have often taken a very hazy view of the landscape
Todd McEwen leafs through a history of the underground pot-culture press
With deceptively rickety creations that conceal the care that went into their making, the artist wittily questions our ideas about craft
