Reviews
Fondazione Prada celebrates thousands of years of ‘unoriginal’ art
Authenticity is out of fashion
London Diary
Tate’s ‘Fighting History’ is a failure: if you want proper history, see Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Revolutionary work at Victoria Miro
Boy Wonder: Eric Ravilious at Dulwich Picture Gallery reviewed
The artist’s reputation is growing
Muse Reviews
How did artists respond to Waterloo? Does Finland have too many artists? How does performance fit into a museum collection?
Muse Reviews
Frida Kahlo in the garden; highlights from Art Basel; sculpture in Oslo; and Dan Holdsworth’s dizzying photographs
Dan Holdsworth’s dizzyingly beautiful photographs on show in Southampton
The scientific made spiritual
A case of mistaken identity at the Whitechapel Gallery
Corin Sworn has filled the space with costumes and props inspired by the Italian Commedia dell’Arte
Thomas Struth in Israel and Palestine: a land shaped and scarred by religion
Everything in Struth’s shots seems to have taken on a level of aggression
London Diary
Michael Craig-Martin has brightened up the RA Summer Exhibition a bit, but Agnes Martin is truly unmissable at the Tate
Flora & Frida: the New York Botanical Garden celebrates Frida Kahlo
She was a colourful character…
Muse Reviews
In search of sculptures on London’s latest art trail; James Turrell heads for Norfolk; transforming Met and the V&A with film
The fashion for film: large-scale projections are transforming museums
Theatrics at the Met and the V&A
Walking a Fine Line: London’s new sculpture trail
The Line is a great concept, but it’s not without teething problems
Review: Woman in Gold asks questions about the value of art
Helen Mirren stars as Maria Altmann, an émigré Austrian Jew battling to have a painting returned to her after its theft by the Nazis
Muse Reviews
Grayson Perry takes the stage at Turner Contemporary; the Latona Fountain flashes into life at Versailles; and we take a sneak peek at some treasures of ‘Gold and Ivory’
Review: Grayson Perry at Turner Contemporary
For once, the influential artist’s work is left to speak for itself
Review: ‘Zero Atmosphere’ at Cortesi Gallery, London
Is London’s attention shifting away from Italian art?
Highlights from ‘Gold and Ivory’ at Louvre-Lens
Beautiful example of medieval painting, sculpture and decorative arts on show at the Louvre-Lens Museum
Muse Reviews
Homages to plaster casts and Portland stone; Chris Burden’s wonderful final work; plus, ‘has David Hockney been at the ketamine?’
Reading Basquiat’s Notebooks at the Brooklyn Museum
Words and writing were as much a part of Basquiat’s art as his visual imagery
Rethinking Reynolds at the Wallace Collection
Reynolds may have fallen out of fashion, but a recent conference suggests there’s more to his works than meets the eye
Hepworth Wakefield puts plaster casts in pride of place
Barbara Hepworth once called plaster ‘a dead material’. She was wrong
End Matter: Katrina Palmer explores the source of Portland stone
Palmer’s project for Artangel looks at the negative space left by some of the world’s great monuments
Public art, private funds: can Oslo learn from Christian Ringnes’ sculpture park?
Changing Norwegian attitudes to privately-funded art