The artist’s crisp depictions of male labourers, soldiers and boatsmen are in the spotlight at the Getty
These artistic experiments by early embracers of new technologies already look charmingly retro
Earthenware from the Central Asian empire is much sought-after, though quality pieces can be found at relatively low prices too
To mark 45 years since the death of Oskar Kokoschka, we select four dramatic landscapes painted in the Expressionist style
Only a few of his buildings survive, but George Dance the Younger’s visionary designs for London should be better known
Picasso was the possessor of a hearty appetite and depictions of alcohol and excess are also central to his work
Plus: Qatar to get permanent national pavilion at Venice Biennale | Walter Robinson (1950–2025) | Brent Sikkema’s husband charged with hiring his killer
The New York Historical’s display about Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from Central Park Zoo, is a reminder of what freedom looks like and how easily it can be taken away
Recent rehangs at the Met and the Brooklyn Museum suggest that part of the answer lies in respecting the viewer’s own capacity for interpretation
The Smithsonian’s acquisition in 2023 of a collection of quilts by Black makers forms the backbone of this show
Fleshy forms, unconventional materials and religious imagery come together in the work of the Belgian artist
Boucher’s recently restored rococo masterpiece is in the spotlight at the Alte Pinakothek
The Musée Picasso celebrates Kandinsky, Kirchner and the many other artists condemned by the Nazis
This Valentine’s Day, we examine four artworks, spanning more than 2,000 years, inspired by love in its many different forms
Whether Orphism can be called a coherent movement is one thing, but its practitioners produced some excellent art
Thirty years after the novelist’s death, Apollo revisits the Ripley creator’s close ties to the visual arts
A touring exhibition of gladiatorial objects found in Britain makes a stab at getting to the heart of our fascination with the amphitheatre, but does it succeed?
The home the writer designed for herself in the hills of Massachusetts is a window on to the shifting tastes of Gilded Age America
The art world tends to favour self-promoting extroverts, but it is often the eccentrics and wallflowers who make the most interesting work
Plus Brooklyn Museum to lay off tenth of its workforce | Crypto entrepreneur sues David Geffen for return of Giacometti sculpture | Christie’s withdraws El Greco from sale after Romanian objections
The British Library’s exhibition of women in the Middle Ages who were creative and intellectual pioneers is a red-carpet affair
See the opening exhibition at PoMo, Norway’s newest private museum and northerly outpost of modern and contemporary art
Posh is showing a raft of contemporary artworks at her London showroom, but will the Richters distract from the beautiful clothes on sale?
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