What will US tariffs mean for the art market?
As Trump 2.0 makes its presence felt, the art market is feeling nervous about new trade barriers – and reluctant to talk about the subject in public
The Louvre restores Cimabue to his rightful place
The Donald who didn’t like Nazis
The Disney star was a marvel of 20th-century industrial production and the Second World War was his finest hour, writes Todd McEwen
The courtly ways of Marianne Faithfull
The late, great singer had noble origins – and the way she negotiated the machinations of Warhol’s Factory would put most courtiers to shame
The menacing visions of Jusepe de Ribera
Though clearly influenced by Caravaggio, the Spanish painter rendered saints and sinners in a ferocious style all of his own
The uneasy business of being an American artist: an interview with Rachel Cohen
The author of ‘A Chance Meeting’ talks to Apollo about the reissue of her dazzlingly original account of more than a century of artistic endeavour in the United States
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The repeat performances of William Morris
The designer’s wallpaper patterns are so familiar that they’re in danger of being taken for granted – but there’s still plenty to discover if we look more closely
Augustus the Strong’s weakness for luxury
Tim Blanning’s masterful biography demonstrates that the despotic ruler of Saxony and Poland was rubbish at war, but had absolutely fabulous taste in art
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In the studio with… Jakkai Siributr
The Thai textile artist prefers silence in his studio so he can listen to his thoughts – which proves tricky when his dogs are hanging around
In the studio with… Chrissie Hynde
The rockstar-turned-artist revels in her solitude and shuts the door to everyone except her dog when she’s in the studio – which is also her flat
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How pastels caused a stir in 18th-century Paris
Cimabue, the first light of the Renaissance
When Rubens was king of his own castle
Will US tariffs threaten the art market?
Also: American museums and the culture wars, in defence of eccentrics, the retro pleasures of Viennetta, Italy’s answer to Versailles; reviews of Orphism in New York and medieval women in London, John Singer Sargent’s favourite family, and the only Disney character who was ever funny. Plus: Helen Gordon on the meteorite that captivated Dürer
The other inauguration in Washington, D.C.
After a period of pandalessness and at the end of a momentous week in the nation’s capital, the Smithsonian National Zoo presented two new visitors from China to the public
Sheila Hicks and the art of infinite possibility
A retrospective by the textile artist is wonderfully open to interpretation, with works so inviting you might want to throw yourself at them
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How the return of Asante gold is going down in Ghana
Artefacts looted by British soldiers from the Asante kingdom in the 19th century can now be seen in Ghana, but are loans from UK museums nearly enough?
How to express yourself in Tudor England
The identity of two terracotta busts attributed to Guido Mazzoni may be up for debate, but there’s no denying the emotional possibilities of the material in which they’re made
The gardens that had to make way for London’s growth
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan’s exhibition about the capital’s lost green spaces yields a rich crop of curiosities
‘He wasn’t edgy. He was honest’ – on the genius of David Lynch
The film-maker was always an original but what makes his work unforgettable – and inspiring to other artists – is its radical sincerity
After centuries of neglect, Plautilla Nelli’s reputation is soaring again
The resurgence of interest in female Renaissance painters has reached the neglected Florentine nun and her workshop
What happens when an artist wants to be anonymous?
An Austrian museum is hosting a show by an unnamed artist – but perhaps this act of secrecy will help us see the work more clearly
The wild imagination of Maurice Sendak
The true gift of the author of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ was to see the world like a child and blur the line between dreams and reality
In Turin, the world’s oldest Egyptian museum turns 200
Museums devoted solely to Egyptian antiquities are rare and Turin’s also tells the story of Italy’s long and complex relationship with the land of the pharaohs
American Photography
This major survey at the Rijksmuseum includes early daguerreotypes, post-war photography, adverts, postcards and more
Hokusai | Monet
Monet was a keen collector of Japanese woodblock prints and held Hokusai in high esteem, as this show in Minneapolis attests
Noah Davis
This exhibition at the Barbican shows that, before his untimely death in 2015, the painter captured a remarkable range of Black lives in America
Turner: In Light and Shade
To mark the 200th anniversary of the artist’s birth, a suite of his landscape studies is paired with selected watercolours at the Whitworth
Figurative art is on the up and up but that doesn’t mean that every painting of a person is a literal depiction