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The Victorians who were drawn to colour
The Ashmolean’s new show vividly demonstrates how strong colours became a mainstay of 19th-century art
What Renoir saw by the sea in Guernsey
Nearly a century and a half after the painter’s trip to the Channel Islands, his paintings of Guernsey can now be compared to the actual views
Brute force – the savage post-war paintings of George Grosz
The artist’s later work is usually regarded as apolitical but, as the Stick Men paintings show, he produced some of his most savage work after the war
This year’s Turner Prize nominees display a weariness with institutions
The shortlisted artists highlight the fragility of the existing order, with the best of them upending what we expect from a show in a gallery
Colour saturation – how the world stopped seeing in black and white
Kirsty Sinclair Dootson shows that a history of colour processes is also a history of shifts in society
Stitches in time – the power of Palestinian embroidery
The history of Palestinian dress is inseparable from that of the nation itself – and now the subject of an invaluable exhibition
Local hero – Joshua Reynolds returns to Plymouth
To mark the painter’s 300th birthday, the Box in Plymouth is staging a thoughtful show that encourages us to look beyond the obvious
Christian Marclay opens the doors of our perception
The artist’s compilation of entrances and exits in the movies takes viewers deep into a labyrinth – and leaves us to find our own way out
Downhill all the way with Isa Genzken
In the Neue Nationalgalerie’s celebration of the sculptor’s 75th birthday, modernity is never what it used to be
How to read books without words
Modern artists have managed to make surprisingly strong statements on blank or partially erased pages
The avant-garde artists who went wild in Paris
Fauvism may have been a short-lived movement, but the explosively colourful compositions of Matisse, Derain and co. remain undimmed
Nocturnal animals – a new Nordic festival journeys into the night
A former pig farm is a meeting place for artists and scientists delving into the mysteries of the dark
Ingres and the endless quest for perfection
The painter was always reluctant to regard his paintings as finished and revisted some of his greatest compositions several times
Beatriz Milhazes brings a touch of Brazil to Margate
The artist’s colourful paintings have transformed Turner Contemporary inside and out
Making great panes for the Gilded Age
When it came to designing stained-glass windows, Henry Holiday was more than a match for his friend Edward Burne-Jones
The painters who made a great play for the stage
An understanding of theatrical culture in the 18th century is vital for understanding the most important painters of the period
The Jewish footballers who left everything out on the field
An exhibition in Vienna tackles the involvement of Jewish players in some of Europe’s oldest clubs – and how those clubs acknowledge this history
The case for and against Werner Herzog
The Eye Filmmuseum highlights the madness of the director’s methods and how beautiful the finished films are – and leaves us to make up our own minds about it all
How to manage a museum
A book by Daniel H. Weiss, outgoing president and CEO of the Met, offers a public-spirited view of how a changing world can benefit from the constancy of large institutions
The gilded pages of Evelyn De Morgan
At Leighton House, intricate gold drawings by the Pre-Raphaelite artist reveal her great debt to Italian sources
Michael Rakowitz puts down roots on Tyneside
The Iraqi-American artist has been working with migrant communities in the north-east to create a garden and greenhouse at the Baltic Centre
Full of make-believe and making do: the art of Andrew Cranston
The Scottish painter who has long treated book covers as blank canvases is now also working on a much bigger scale
The painters who have made the most of poor visibility
As a book about mist and fog in European painting shows, artists have often taken a very hazy view of the landscape
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