The Belgian artist brings the subject of drug wars in Mexico to the heart of Mayfair: but he insists that art comes before politics
A new book promises to open up the world of Indian art to a wide new audience
Sherman's groundbreaking work paved the way for so many of today's artists – but her own creations are starting to seem too familiar
The 19th-century artist who brought modern spirit to American painting
The most prestigious portrait painter in 18th-century Rome also had a flair for religious and mythological subjects
C.W. Eckersberg's 19th-century paintings are barely known outside Denmark and Germany, but they should be...
A show about the Guggenheim's art collections is really about the battle between Peggy and Solomon
This large exhibition provides an opportunity to engage with the physical effects of Hatoum's work
Edward Barber's photographic record of 1980s anti-nuclear demonstrators goes on display at the Imperial War Museum
The French artist's obsessive portrayal of antiquity reveals his endless variety
The ambitious portraitist was the subject of a major retrospective at the Frick Collection earlier this year
Fausto Melotti's sculptures ingeniously blur the line between figurative and abstract forms and his work deserves to be better known
Photography flourished in Scotland during its early development in the mid 19th century
Katie Paterson once beamed Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata to the moon and back. At the Lowry, she continues to explore the vastness of space
As associate artist at the National Gallery, Shaw focuses on the nondescript woodland where many of art history's most sordid stories play out
The Earl of Mar has long been seen as a failed rebel and harmless utopian architect, but it’s time to take him seriously as an Enlightenment thinker
Olivia Laing's book on the art of loneliness has some excellent insights, but who is it meant for?
Omer Fast puts contemporary fears and fictions on display at the BALTIC Centre
Time for a bit of anarchy
The Sainsbury Centre's exhibition reveals an artist grappling with a sense of human frailty
There are many treasures in the Met's new exhibition, but the most poignant are the metalwork pieces from Mosul, given the turmoil in the region today
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
