The genre took a while to catch on in America, but when artists did take up still-life painting they made it their own
From shooting pictures to colourful 'Nanas', Saint Phalle's work tackles feminist issues head on
John Gerrard's bleak vision of technological evolution; photography and human rights; and the forgotten master of still life, Henri de Fromantiou
As a study in hyperreality, John Gerrard's digital reconstruction of a Google data farm is utterly unnerving
On Kawara at the Guggenheim New York; Mariana Castillo Deball at the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Leon Underwood at Pallant House; Mackintosh at RIBA
Can photography influence social and political events, or just record them?
RIBA’s Charles Rennie Mackintosh exhibition is very much an architect’s show, consisting almost entirely of architectural drawings and watercolours. Only two images of Mackintosh himself – one photograph and a portrait by Francis H. Newbury – are featured, and his private life is mentioned only fleetingly. But the progression of his architectural career, his key achievements and […]
First and foremost Mariana Castillo Deball is a biographer of objects
Objects become images, images become objects, in the artist's latest show
On Kawara is famous for his date paintings, but he had other ways of marking and thinking about time
Recent exhibition reviews and previews; from sultans, to Sturtevant, to salted paper prints...
Last chance to visit New York's exhibition of conceptual copycat art
Great art, thoughtful curation and a snazzy café: Manchester's £15 million redevelopment project is a great success
Golding's rediscovered abstract paintings are the perfect choice to inaugurate Piano Nobile's new space
From teaware to taxidermy: the Barbican's exhibition is a fascinating insight into artists' collecting habits
Jacob Epstein's babies, revolutionary calendars, Madame Cézanne, and a suitcase full of pictures
Lore Krüger's work is a fantastic discovery for the history of photography
Masterpieces from New York's Frick Collection travel to The Hague
No pairing of artist and muse was more complicated, ambivalent, or more richly productive
Sophie Hill celebrates the postcard in a series of pop-up displays of pocket-sized art
London's Dominique Lévy Gallery looks again at the 20th-century trend
Is the artist’s latest show anything more than a charming tribute to a failed experiment?
A candid look at the artist's portraits of his children
Bonalumi was a pivotal figure in post-war Italian abstraction; finally he's getting the attention he deserves
