An outstanding collection of French volumes from the 18th century goes on display at the Morgan Library
An outstanding collection of French volumes from the 18th century goes on display at the Morgan Library
This show at Pallant House explores the British artist’s interest in still life – showing paintings alongside the studio objects that inspired them
The museum has agreed to give back two plaques in its collection that were taken illegally from Nigeria after 1960. Why now?
Clive Bell is now best known as Vanessa’s husband – but a new biography replenishes his role in promoting modernism in Britain
Collectors, curators and artists have been debating the category of American folk art since the early 20th century – as a display at the MFA Boston makes clear
The unlikeliest objects in the London-based artist’s studio? Either the sex toys or the taxidermy collection, she says
The artist talks to Martin Gayford about a life spent pushing the possibilities of collage, from his Sgt. Pepper cover to recent digital experiments
The ‘Rethinking Guernica’ website allows us to scrutinise Picasso’s anti-war masterpiece in greater detail than ever
The Italians have opted for a ‘Renaissance design’ – although the floral patterning looks more William Morris than Michelangelo
Plus: the Met returns two Benin Bronzes, Donald Judd’s office in Marfa severely damaged in fire, and more stories
Paintings and woodblocks inspired by Nordic folklore get their first US showing at the Clark Art Institute
The city’s inaugural biennial takes place both on the mainland and a nearby island – plus, of course, online
The Swedish artist’s strange compositions, culled from a range of sources, travel to Louisiana in Denmark
The French Symbolist’s colourful illustrations go on display at Waddesdon – for the first time in more than a century
The British artist’s scope and influence have long been neglected – but at the centenary of his birth, will a pair of exhibitions turn the tide?
2 Tone began as a ska-inspired record label, but swiftly became a look and a political stance – and a defining moment in British cultural history
Works produced in prison by the artist Fatos Irwen speak to the increasingly repressive climate for Kurds in Turkey
The painter offers a glimpse of her canalside studio in London, where she works alone save for her portrait sitters – and a stuffed toy camel on wheels
Plus: The Whitney has voluntarily recognised a union and Hobby Lobby is suing Dirk Obbink over alleged papyrus theft
The path to self-improvement, according to Marina Abramovic
The artist has partnered up with WeTransfer to create a digital version of the Abramovic Method, a series of exercises that will test your patience to its limit