Figurative art is making a comeback, if this year's shortlist of promising early-career artists is anything to go by
Russia's 19th-century portraitists were more than a match for the exceptional writers and composers they painted. So why is their work so neglected?
Two exhibitions in London celebrate the beautiful, subtle botanical paintings of 17th-century Holland
Artists recognised the power of the staged image long before Instagram came along
How strange that this great British painter claims to ‘hate painting’ when he is so good at it
Was there a distinctly ‘female’ printmaking in this period? Not really – but that's what's so interesting
Flavin's fluorescent light pieces continue to transform the spaces in which they are installed. But time is changing how we see the pieces, too
The everyday objects in Cerutti's Turin studio are transformed in his paintings: poised, precarious, and forever in suspense
Karl Friedrich Schinkel's palace designs came to 'nothing more than a beautiful dream' – and, thankfully, a fascinating set of prints
Désiré Feuerle is the latest person to move his art collection underground
'I began wasting my god-given talent drawing pictures of sexy women the way I liked ‘em'. An exhibition of R. Crumb's work invites us all to become voyeurs
An exhibition of Ryman's eerie paintings in New York rewards repeated viewings
For a handy reminder of why Warhol was so radical, head to Gagosian Gallery's 'Avedon Warhol' exhibition in London
Ben Rivers' attempt to reveal the artifice of filmmaking is somehow dull and disconcerting at the same time
A new book which argues that museums should be above politics is hardly above politics itself
An exhibition in Florence finally gives Carlo Portelli the attention he deserves
Hajra Waheed's exhibitions at BALTIC and the Mosaic Rooms are full of strange, evocative details
John Craxton is known today for his sparkling paintings of Greece. But he first found inspiration in the colder, darker landscapes of rural England
Dorset had a profound impact on a group of Slade painters, as an exhibition at Bristol's Royal West of England Academy makes very clear
Elizabeth Price's new video is an audacious act of extrapolation, that asks deep questions about our impulse to preserve, restore, and destroy
With the reopening of the Watts Studios, an amazing revival of the painter's reputation, and of his wife Mary's, is almost complete
You don't have to be Christian to appreciate the 'Stations of the Cross' trail this Easter weekend
The artist turned collector – and a display that reveals his very diverse interests
Two fresh and distinct inaugural exhibitions could set a new blueprint for the museum
