The artist’s memoir looks back to his childhood in Russia and forward to a new life in France
Provocative performances by Zhang Huan and Li Binyuan offer a cross-generational view of contemporary art in Beijing
A survey of works by women painters makes for an enthralling display, but is the gender of the artists the most important factor?
The work of the Continent’s finest silversmiths can be found in the Royal Collection
Seán Keating’s paintings of the Shannon Hydro-electric Scheme set the stage for a probing exploration of Ireland’s national identity
Freilicher’s paintings are full of flowers, self-portraits and interiors – and manage to be traditional and radical at the same time
The 90-year-old polymath’s artistic output is being celebrated in his native Ireland
Drawings and daguerreotypes on view at the Ducal Palace reveal the variety of Ruskin’s engagement with Venice
Four reliquaries by Fra Angelico have been reunited for the first time since the 19th century
The Sudanese artist’s singular vision is equally inspired by African and European culture
The American Impressionist’s singular body of work is as hard to classify as ever
Scotland’s most ambitious biennial sets out to disorient – and largely succeeds
In her final book Linda Nochlin makes a case for painting that looks poverty in the eye
Masterpieces of American modernism cross the pond for the very first time
Vo’s conceptual work serves as a reminder of the personal and political meanings carried by the objects around us
In the turbulent decades of the 1960s to ’80s, female artists found creative ways to resist and transform the status quo
Who was the artist commissioned to record the Paston family’s collection – and what was the purpose of the painting?
A mysterious set of Renaissance silverware has been reunited for the first time in centuries
The recreation of an exhibition of Brazilian modernism during the Second World War is a remarkable feat
The artist’s monumental drawings challenge the viewer to discover unexpected details in their pitch-black surfaces
The relationship between Italian art and politics reconsidered through restaged exhibitions from the Fascist era
Kate Flint’s history of flash photography highlights the uses of a technology many practitioners have mixed feelings about
This catalogue of Florentine works in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich sets a new standard
The artist’s collection of Japanese prints gave him a new way of seeing the world