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Change is in the air at Riga’s first biennial
In taking change as its theme, RIBOCA covers everything from science and perception, to ecology and technology
Giuseppe Penone sees the wood for the trees in Yorkshire
The Arte Povera pioneer explores art and nature in Europe’s largest sculpture park
Memory and modernity in Chagall’s early paintings
Marc Chagall realised new worlds in his art – but he peopled them with characters from his own provincial childhood
This year’s Serpentine Pavilion is a more serious affair than usual
Frida Escobedo has created a surprisingly sombre structure for this year’s temporary pavilion
Approaching the divine at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco
An exhibition at the Asian Art Museum asks visitors to consider what it means to represent divinity in human form
Why modernism was not the only way of being modern
A new study of art and design in the interwar years makes the case for a distinctly baroque take on modernity
How Cedric Morris fused his twin passions for plants and painting
The British artist was as devoted to cultivating flowers as he was to painting them, as this colourful exhibition reveals
Colour and chaos in the work of Albert Oehlen
The self-declared ‘post-non-figurative’ painter proves himself a master colourist in this survey at the Palazzo Grassi
The man who turned curating into an art form
Why the experimental exhibitions of Harald Szeemann still have something to teach today’s curators
The disappearing acts of Ana Mendieta
A focused exhibition of the Cuban-American artist’s films explores humanity’s complex relationship with the natural world
Twilight on the South Downs with Edward Stott
The Sussex landscape was an enduring source of inspiration for Stott, which makes Eastbourne an ideal site for a major survey of his work
The alliances formed by Surrealism’s neglected women
How the women artists of Surrealism explored the creative possibilities of friendship
Reading aloud with Hanne Lippard
The British-Norwegian artist explores the mysterious nature of speech in a new performance
The art of friendship in post-war Greece
The lives of John Craxton, Nikos Ghika and Patrick Leigh Fermor come under the spotlight at the British Museum
Marc Chagall caught between two lives
The artist’s memoir looks back to his childhood in Russia and forward to a new life in France
Bridging the generation gap in avant-garde Chinese art
Provocative performances by Zhang Huan and Li Binyuan offer a cross-generational view of contemporary art in Beijing
An alternative history of abstract art
A survey of works by women painters makes for an enthralling display, but is the gender of the artists the most important factor?
European silver is the ideal gift for the British monarch who has everything
The work of the Continent’s finest silversmiths can be found in the Royal Collection
Power, protest and progress at this year’s EVA International
Seán Keating’s paintings of the Shannon Hydro-electric Scheme set the stage for a probing exploration of Ireland’s national identity
How Jane Freilicher found beauty in the everyday
Freilicher’s paintings are full of flowers, self-portraits and interiors – and manage to be traditional and radical at the same time
Brian O’Doherty gets his due in Dublin
The 90-year-old polymath’s artistic output is being celebrated in his native Ireland
John Ruskin’s visions of Venice
Drawings and daguerreotypes on view at the Ducal Palace reveal the variety of Ruskin’s engagement with Venice
‘Few painters in Renaissance Italy used gold to such dazzling effect’
Four reliquaries by Fra Angelico have been reunited for the first time since the 19th century
The calligraphic lines of Ibrahim El-Salahi
The Sudanese artist’s singular vision is equally inspired by African and European culture
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