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The Modern Way
‘California Design 1930–1965: Living in a Modern Way’ has spent two years skirting the edges of the Pacific Ocean, and just landed in Brisbane
Political Sympathy – Daumier at the Royal Academy
The political context of Daumier’s work is important, but doesn’t need over-stating: the humour and compassion of his art speaks for itself
Vexing Vienna
‘Facing the Modern’ at the National Gallery boasts masterful works from a turbulent period in Vienna’s history. It’s an exhausting display
Absent Elizabeth
The queen’s portraits in ‘Elizabeth I & Her People’ are among the least interesting in the NPG’s revealing exhibition of Tudor art
Dutch Details
Some extraordinary Dutch masterpieces from the Mauritshuis are spending the winter at the Frick Collection in New York
A Matter of Taste
The Ecole des Beaux-arts – now controversially sponsored by Ralph Lauren – is at the centre of debates about the relationship between art and luxury in France
A Surreal Touch
Blain|Di Donna’s exhibition of ‘Dada & Surrealist Objects’ in New York is a textural treat
Romantic Reconstruction
Alan Sorrell’s neo-Romantic work is an antidote to today’s conceptual art, and perfectly suited to Sir John Soane’s Museum
Tillyer’s True Nature
William Tillyer’s retrospective at mima, Middlesbrough is overdue. His vibrant paintings interrogate the local landscape and human nature
Draughtsmen
Masculinity is having a moment. The Wallace Collection’s ‘The Male Nude’ follows the Musée d’Orsay’s lead and takes a closer look at men in art
Lisbon Looks East
The Museu do Oriente in Lisbon looks at Portugal’s recent links with the East as well as its longer history in the region
Sea View
‘Nelson, Navy, Nation’, a new gallery at the National Maritime Museum, is at its best when it challenges our relationship to its well-worn stories
Photographer’s Bible
Philip-Lorca diCorcia strikes a serious note in ‘East of Eden’ at David Zwirner, London. His photographs have an uneasy eloquence
Stabiles in Spoleto
Ronchini Gallery’s exhibition ‘Calder & Melotti’ hinges on the artist’s shared experiences in Spoleto, Italy – but the context is never fully explored
Sex on Show
They were once kept under lock and key, and are still taboo in Japan, but both the British and Fitzwilliam Museums are celebrating shunga prints as art this autumn
So Much Munch
The Munch Museum and National Museum in Oslo recently joined forces to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Munch’s birth
No Alternative?
There are noble ideals (and some interesting artists) at work, but The Other Art Fair and Moniker’s crowded display doesn’t give the art a chance
Multiple Choice
With some excellent editions and a spacious layout, Multiplied at Christie’s South Kensington is a welcome respite from a frenetic week
Note PAD
PAD London continues to diversify, and there’s plenty to tempt visitors during this busiest of weeks
Darkness Visible
‘Paul Klee: Making Visible’ at Tate Modern is rigorous but incurably serious – is it the right setting for such complex and colourful work?
Art on the Mind
‘Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present’ at the Freud Museum is powerfully unsettling
Catalogue Photography
Dayanita Singh’s exhibition at the Hayward Gallery is curious curatorial blend: archive, library and gallery combined
The Stuff of Dreams
‘The Renaissance and Dream’ at the Musée du Luxembourg is nothing short of miraculous
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