• In praise of the Wallace Collection • An interview with Etel Adnan • Chippendale at 300 • A new era for Irish arts funding
Plus: Masterpiece and Art Basel previews, Cedric Morris’s paintings, and the ethics of live animals in art
Liliane Lijn | Picasso | Mughal painting | Impressionism
Jan Švankmajer | Pompeii | Cat ladies
Museum of West African Art | Jeremy Frey | Ed Ruscha
Napoleon Bonaparte | Caspar David Friedrich | the Impressionists
The museum is set to close in 2025, leaving a hole in the city’s arts scene and adding to growing disquiet about its general direction
Berthe Weill was as devoted to young artists as she was to the cause of modern art – and her efforts are now receiving belated recognition
When it comes to conjuring the uncanny atmosphere and impossible logic of dreams, the Czech film-maker has few equals
The museum’s head of framing, Peter Schade, is quietly changing how we see some of the world’s most famous pictures