Reviews
Keeping it casual – Stephen Shore’s encounters with the everyday
Taken on his road trips across America, the photographer’s images from the 1970s are in a class of their own
World views – revisiting an 18th-century survey of global style
Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz’s four-volume treatise, newly translated and edited, deserves to be more widely read
The restlessness of Gerhard Richter
A short-lived retrospective at the Met Breuer revelled in the German artist’s formal inventiveness – and his long engagement with history
Boxing clever – the playful sculptures of Charlotte Posenenske
The German artist is closely linked with conceptual and minimalist art, but her DIY approach was quite singular
Learned behaviour – the successful career of Sofonisba Anguissola
Should we see the painter as a Renaissance feminist or as a product of her upbringing?
Stolen glances – The Painter and the Thief, reviewed
A documentary about the unlikely friendship between an artist and the man who stole her work raises tantalising questions about image-making and ownership
Good form – the minimalist magic of Donald Judd
A recent display at MoMA revealed the unexplored depths of an artist whose work sometimes seems all surface
Galleries and gondoliers – the life and times of Arthur Jeffress
The dealer and collector is usually a footnote in other people’s stories. A new biography makes him the main event
Private eyes – the lives and loves of queer modern artists in New York
A new book of erotica and personal materials gives us an entrée to a circle of mid-century bohemians
That’s the spirit – how the Romans imagined the dead
The various ways in which the ancient Romans depicted figures from the afterlife tell us much about contemporary preoccupations
How do you solve a problem like Andy Warhol?
Blake Gopnik’s new biography sets out to solve the puzzle of a man who saw his life as an extension of his art
Border crossings – Vida Americana at the Whitney, reviewed
This important survey clearly shows how deeply modern art in the US was indebted to the Mexican muralists
Renaissance remixed – a surreal video game takes a sideways look at art history
Could a Pythonesque computer game set a good example for galleries trying to attract virtual visitors?
Terra nova – Renaissance terracottas in Padua, reviewed
This groundbreaking exhibition charts the flourishing of the medium in the Veneto – from Donatello to lesser-known masters
‘Philip Guston’s life traced that of modern art itself’
A new biography by Robert Storr offers a comprehensive yet personal account of the artist’s complex career
Grayson Perry becomes the nation’s art teacher
The artist’s encouraging approach shows a nation in lockdown that technique isn’t everything
Programme notes – Museums in Quarantine on BBC4, reviewed
Alistair Sooke and Simon Schama take on tour-guide duties in a series of new 30-minute films. But how satisfying can the Tate on the telly really be?
Call to attention – Glasgow International goes online
The festival has put together a digital programme that invites close and contemplative attention
A cut above – the singular style of Reynolds Stone
The designer may not be a household name, but his work is still instantly recognisable – from passports and magazines to banknotes and bookplates
Local colour – what the Renaissance looked like beyond Venice, Florence and Rome
A new study focuses on the painters working outside the main artistic centres of Italy
Dual purpose – passion and reason in the art of Nicolas Poussin
A new study emphasises the marriage of thought and feeling in the painter’s work
Spiders and soaring sculptures – Tomás Saraceno in Florence
An exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi positions the wildly ambitious artist as a Renaissance man for our times
Material benefits – ‘Picasso and Paper’, reviewed
The pleasure Picasso took in paper as a medium was palpable in the Royal Academy’s recent show
Minimal effort – ‘The Longing for Less’ by Kyle Chayka, reviewed
This hard-to-classify book brings together Donald Judd, Japanese aesthetics, and the aspirations of contemporary lifestyle bloggers
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