A film and a series of watercolour-on-silk paintings at Chisenhale Gallery reflect on the ‘beauty and suffering’ of the Mekong River
After a lifechanging encounter with Isamu Noguchi, J.B. Blunk dedicated himself to carving out his own path
A memoir as raw and unfiltered as the photographs that made Bailey's name at Vogue, this curious book offers up some brilliant anecdotes but ultimately lacks focus
This much-anticipated exhibition does justice to the restless creativity of Artemisia Gentileschi in her many guises
Radical collectives in the 1970s were keen to make documentary photography more democratic
The photographer’s first UK retrospective explores his abiding interest in the experience of outsiders in society
The artist was a reluctant photographer – yet from the 1920s to '40s, the Surrealist vision he brought to fashion photography helped elevate it to an art form in its own right
In these paintings from the 1980s and ’90s, Hodgkin found a way to depict that ‘almost impossibly nebulous subject’ – his own past experiences
A survey of artists inspired by the movement considers how successfully sculpture can convey a sense of transience
An exhibition at the Old Royal Naval College tells the stories of the Black pensioners who lived there in the 18th and 19th centuries
The artist’s strange, Surrealist-inspired paintings have in turn inspired more recent explorations of gender and body image
Still working at the age of 105, the Cuban-born artist has had an unusually long career – and the results repay close attention
An opaque installation by the Dutch artist raises difficult questions about ethics and interpretation
In the ‘Struggle’ series of paintings, the artist sought to make central the contributions of women and people of colour
Timothy Brittain-Catlin’s account of Edwardian houses challenges many misconceptions
Although the film-maker usually used still images as a means to other ends, his photographs are a useful introduction to his work
The artist made paintings and sculptures out of nailed-together strips of metal – and they’re transfixing
From memorials to history paintings, responses to the conflict often took telling liberties
An exhibition at Compton Verney shows off the full range of the master’s work – from slinky nudes to opulent portraits of the rulers of Saxony
A George Michael mural and a mountain rose-flavoured soda are among the contributions to the borough’s inaugural biennial
Toyin Ojih Odutola’s scenes of a race of women warriors are a tour de force in pastel, charcoal and chalk
The first exhibition to bring the sculptor and photographer together reveals intriguing points of convergence between their work
A study of neoclassical dress in the 1790s shows that fashion can be a serious business
Christopher de Hamel argues that a book of psalms in a Cambridge library is the only surviving relic of the murdered archbishop
