Materials range from concrete to soap bubbles; subjects include mass extinction and internet cats. This is a bizarre mix of work, but a fascinating one
This new book on Irish art in the early modern period includes excellent texts by non-national authors that finally place Irish artists in a European context
Between them the Barnes Foundation and the Baltimore Museum of Art have an enviable set of works by Matisse - and their exhibitions and events reflect this
The French artist's Turbine Hall commission continues his interest in the exhibition as a living organism
‘A method matters little,’ Rousseau maintained, ‘one tries everything’. See the full span of his dizzyingly diverse practice in Copenhagen this winter
'The Print before Photography' has riches to offer any reader, in any field and at any level of study of European prints
Almine Rech gallery makes an impressive New York debut with this combined exhibition of works by Pablo Picasso and Alexander Calder
It's high time Koo Jeong-A and Cho Yong-Ik were better known in the UK. Thankfully, both currently have exhibitions in the capital
The V&A provides a timely reminder of an era when England led the western world in the manufacture and export of luxury embroidery
The satirical intent behind many of Picasso's portraits is striking in this exhibition
The Rijksmuseum is exhibiting a newly discovered group of animal studies by Frans Post
The history of the asylum is a tale of many reforms and not much progress
Everyone should make a point of seeing these 61 Qur’ans, in a show that sets many common misunderstandings straight.
An exhibition at Pallant House shows how classicism was a way of reinvigorating modernist experimentation
This major, vivid biography of the art historian is meticulously researched – and long overdue
Turner Contemporary reveals how both artists explore man's struggle in the face of much bigger forces
An exhibition at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum aims to rethink the familiar work of Czech artist Alphonse Mucha - but could it have gone further?
Six shortlisted artists battle it out for this year's prize – one of the nominees, Bedwyr Williams, tells Apollo about his futuristic project
An exhibition of Diane Arbus's early work presents curiosities without cabinets
This superb exhibition makes us look at terra invetriata – a prodigious combination of earth, glass, and fire – through the eyes of 15th-century Tuscans
He was ranked alongside Auerbach and Kossoff: so why did Cunningham stop painting just as his career was taking off?
The Fitzwilliam Museum's 'Colour' exhibition is a triumphant introduction to medieval manuscript painting
'I cannot defend or think of it as something people need to see or bother with'
The German artist's work, finally on show in London, is an uprooted reunion of everything strange in the supposedly familiar tale of western art history
