An exhibition of work by the winner of the Max Mara Art Prize hints at the horror of the transatlantic slave trade
Fashion houses and other high-end brands are keener on art than ever before, but who really benefits from the relationship?
Rubens’s technical skill and attention to detail give The Garden of Love its heightened sense of erotic potential
An imaginative exhibition in The Hague stresses how much the fashion house still owes to its founder
Plus: Jasleen Kaur wins this year’s Turner Prize; and Vancouver Art Gallery scraps plans for new Herzog & de Meuron-designed building
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
Playing Michelangelo in a new BBC docudrama about the artist’s turbulent time in Florence, Dance delivers more than a performance – he channels the divine
This show at the Vancouver Art Gallery captures the inventiveness of Eastern European artists during the Cold War
Many artists have taken a page out of Charles Baudelaire’s book – specifically his poetry collection ‘Les fleurs du mal’, which has inspired countless artworks
American women have sewn countless impressive works over the centuries, while weaving the cultural norms of the time into the fabric
The artist walks the line between art and science – and reconciles the cosmic with the intimate – in this ambitious show at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
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
Best known for the thousands of works in his ‘Date Paintings’ series, the Japanese artist has never been more of an enigma, as a pair of shows in London and Paris reveal
A show of surgical paintings by Celia Hempton raises questions about how far the artist’s eye can penetrate beneath the surface of things
The graphic designer and decorative artist mastered any number of crafts and his work deserves to be much better known
In a major new exhibition, the artist has created a world in miniature, full of panoramic views, trompe l’oeil murals and imitations of everyday life
Chinese art from the 14th century onwards has long ruled the art market, but prices for work from earlier periods are catching up fast
Plus: Rotterdam becomes first Dutch city to return colonial objects to Indonesia; and City of London votes to close Smithfield and Billingsgate markets for good
As the chateau unveils its latest wine label, Gérarde Garouste is inspired by a key figure in its recent past
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
A series of naturist nights at a museum in Marseille is a salutary reminder that the term ‘art buff’ can have more than one meaning
Tinguely and Warhol worked as window-dressers; Dalí and Duchamp had dalliances with shop displays. Art and commerce go under the spotlight in Basel
Turkey’s first female opera singer was also a painter who had close ties with Germany, and is now the subject of a survey in Berlin
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