Denis Wirth-Miller was unfairly dismissed as an imitator of his friend Francis Bacon, but it’s now clear that his detractors were wholly in the wrong
In Obsidian’s new video game, you are a 16th-century Bavarian painter – but progress on your masterpiece is interrupted by parochial violence
Having spent most her life serving others, Nellie Mae Rowe came to art in her retirement years and found a joyful defiance in the creation of other-worldly scenes
The St Ives painter best known for his abstract works also created his own kind of figurative art
The artist’s drawings of women are a testament to his private proclivities. It’s no wonder he never put them on public display
Lace-making is an exacting craft – and who gets to wear the results is an equally delicate matter
The photographer refers to all the women she photographs as icons, but it is in her home town of Belfast where her subjects truly come alive
Helen Saunders was briefly at the forefront of British modernism – before she was cancelled by Wyndham Lewis
A survey of paintings by M.K. Čiurlionis at the Dulwich makes plain why the artist is heralded in his home country as a visionary
Exiled in England, Napoleon III’s widow made sure that for as long she lived there was a corner of Hampshire that was forever France
The photographer’s seething retrospective at MoMA captures what it was like to be young and carefree after the fall of the Berlin Wall
Long undervalued in comparison to his peers, the Renaissance painter now has the critical esteem he deserves in the form of a fine catalogue
A new book does justice to the life and work of the little-known artist Suzanne Cooper
A journey through four decades of the South African artist’s works reveals the steady evolution of his talent
The four nominees for this year’s prize are presenting their biggest, brightest work but not all of it is saying very much
The paintings acquired by the earls of Pembroke over several generations now have the catalogue they deserve
Artists from across North Africa and the Middle East are expressing themselves in a sprawling show at the Institut du Monde Arabe
A show about caves and the artists who have been inspired by them goes deep underground and incredibly far back in time
Working across photojournalism, fashion photography and portraiture, Sabine Weiss captured her subjects with curiosity and emotion
The performance artist is absent from her latest show, instead getting visitors to do the work through wellness-style meditations. Is it worth the effort?
An exhibition examining ‘doubles’ in modern art at National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. ends up a little out of focus
Maria Golia’s history of tomb-raiding in ancient Egypt makes for an entertaining read but there are graver matters to consider
In his memoir, the artist reflects on how his life and approach to making art have been shaped by the events in his home country of Sudan
It’s no secret that Van Dyck inspired generations of artists, but a new book paints a more nuanced picture of the painter’s reception
