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Chloe Dewe Mathews looks beneath the surface

From the series In Search of Frankenstein by Chloe Dewe Mathews, photo: © Chloe Dewe Mathews

The photographer’s austere images hint at natural disasters, nuclear horrors, and man-made monsters

The changing fortunes of modern British printmaking

The Schoolroom (detail; 1938), Vanessa Bell. Osborne Samuel, £4,500

The market for British prints between the wars is now strengthening after decades of neglect – but many works remain affordable

Art Fund reveals shortlist for Museum of the Year 2018

Hull's Ferens Art Gallery is among the five museums shortlisted for 2018's Museum of the Year award.

Art news daily: 2 May

James Joyce via the medium of contemporary dance

The Irish writer’s surprising dance-world connections, from a duet in a silent film to Michael Flatley’s Riverdance

What’s in store at Frieze and 1-54 in New York this week

Floater No.28 (unicorn), Derrick Adams

A tribute to the late gallerist Hudson sets the tone for Frieze New York, and what not to miss at 1-54

Tracey Emin airs her feelings at St Pancras station

I Want My Time With You (2018), Tracey Emin.

Boundaries between the personal and the political are broken down in Emin’s new public artwork

The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

Andy Murray picks up the paintbrush, truth and lies with Ai Weiwei, and the dawn of the Museum of Pizza

National Galleries of Scotland acquire two Raeburn portraits

Art news daily: 1 May

Christian Boltanski expands his repertoire

Christian Boltanski in his studio in Paris in March 2018, photo: © Elizabeth Young

The French artist explains why organising a retrospective is like rustling up a meal

David Bowie – from station to (metro) station to museum restaurant

From Buckinghamshire to Brooklyn, David Bowie is being commemorated in surprising ways across the globe

Étienne Terrus Museum discovers half its collection is fake

Art news daily: 30 April

What to look out for at TEFAF New York Spring

Marilyn, Niki de Saint Phalle

The artworks not to miss at the second edition of the modern and contemporary art fair

How art businesses could do themselves a favour through corporate giving

Writing casket (c. 1540–50), Italian. Photo: © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (donated by Daniel Katz Ltd through the Cultural Gifts Scheme)

Tax reliefs are available in the UK for companies that wish to help protect national heritage – and it’s time they were used more widely

Nan Goldin stages anti-opioid protest in Washington, D.C.

Art news daily: 27 April

Picturing poverty in the 19th century

La Vachalcade, Fernand Pelez

In her final book Linda Nochlin makes a case for painting that looks poverty in the eye

Pyjama arty? Artist accuses Old Navy of pilfering her pooch designs

The LA-based artist Lili Chin has accused Old Navy of stealing her work for a line of pyjamas

The making of modern America

'Water', Charles Sheeler

Masterpieces of American modernism cross the pond for the very first time

Turner Prize 2018 shortlist announced

Art news daily: 26 April

The weight of history in Danh Vo’s readymades

She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene, Danh Vo

Vo’s conceptual work serves as a reminder of the personal and political meanings carried by the objects around us

The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

Lots of leather from Russell Crowe, Nigel Farage in the museum, and Kanye West gets art historical

How the body became political for the women of Latin American art

In the turbulent decades of the 1960s to ’80s, female artists found creative ways to resist and transform the status quo

Sotheby’s posts record auction estimate for Modigliani work

Amedeo Modigliani's Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) at Sotheby's Hong Kong in April 2018.

Art news daily: 25 April

The kingdom built on frankincense and myrrh

Mada'in Saleh (Hegra), Jabal al-Khraymat. The tomb on the far left belonged to Amat and her daughters.

A $20 billion project to transform Saudi Arabia’s al-Ula region has brought attention to a little-known ancient site

‘Every work I create is a mathematical dream’ – an interview with Beatriz Milhazes

Beatriz Milhazes discusses colour, craft, and collaboration – and what her work owes to her native Brazil