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Tarsila do Amaral: the mother of Brazilian modernism
The first solo show in the US dedicated to the trailblazing Brazilian artist explores what it means to be the painter of one’s country
The art of scrap metal and expanding foam
The Centre Pompidou’s career survey of the French sculptor César reveals a body of work governed by the logic of its materials
A portrait of the artist’s studio – in virtual reality
The Zabludowicz Collection’s new virtual reality exhibition space opens with a work that tests the limits and possibilities of the technology
A singular collection traces five centuries of European drawings
From Rembrandts to Pollocks, the drawings collected by the late Eugene Thaw tell a remarkable tale
Modigliani’s powerfully modern portraits get the attention they deserve
The Tate’s blockbuster exhibition gives Modigliani’s reputation a welcome boost, prioritising his art over biography
Are copies coming in from the cold?
Plaster casts of monuments have long been an unfashionable feature in museums – but the art of copying may be coming into its own again
The revolutionary craft of Hannah Ryggen
The artist’s tapestries, made on a remote farm in Norway, remained fiercely engaged with the political events of their time
Milan’s modern masters enchant at the Estorick
The Pinacoteca di Brera’s overlooked collection of modern Italian art gets a welcome outing in London
The archival experiments of Ilona Sagar
The artist’s film installation explores the history of a radical 1930s health centre and its south London home
‘A visceral assault on the senses’
Bridget Riley’s monumental abstract paintings are as mysterious as they are mesmerising
A warm welcome for out-of-town guests at Condo 2018
The gallery-sharing initiative’s third edition provides a hopeful model for collaboration and creativity
ITV’s ‘Great Art’ brings art broadcasting back to basics
Episodes on Michelangelo, Canaletto and the Impressionists make the case for a simple approach to art on telly
R.B. Kitaj in his own words
The painter’s posthumously published memoir is a candid record of his obsessions
‘This is a book about a man who painted, not about the paintings he made’
A new biography of Renoir emphasises the role the painter’s domestic life played in his work
A comparative approach to religious art
An ambitious, if limited, exhibition compares the early traditions of five faiths
The patient precision of Neville Gabie
The South African artist has made a virtue of taking his time to make slow but rewarding films and performance pieces
The art of advertising
A museum retrospective charts James Rosenquist’s journey from billboard painter to Pop art pioneer
A guide to urban living
In her mid-career survey, Jacqueline Donachie explores the hidden cruelties of the urban environment
The man who made Ireland’s favourite painting
Frederic William Burton’s sentimental watercolour scenes reflect the taste of a bygone era
The dividing lines of Otobong Nkanga
For her first solo exhibition in Ireland, Otobong Nkanga complicates easy distinctions between the natural and the industrial
The remarkable legacy of Johan Maelwael
This superbly curated exhibition transforms our understanding of medieval art history
The battle for Picasso’s mind
An exhibition in Berlin explores how both sides in the Cold War tried to turn artists into ideological weapons
The enduring appeal of ancient glass
Many of the methods invented by Roman glassmakers are still in use today
A potted guide to Luciano Fabro
The works of the Arte Povera artist playfully resist our expectations of what sculpture should be
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