Paintings, drawings, print and ceramics by the Venezuelan-born artist best known for her cartoon-inspired clay sculptures go on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
George Hoyningen-Huene took cues from classical statuary to make his subjects into untouchable ice queens
The painter has turned his hand to virtual reality, using cutting-edge technology to pursue ‘a painter’s idea of sculpture’. He talks to Apollo about the attractions of VR
A new life of a very singular art historian places his work in the intellectual contexts of his time
From satirical chamber pots to cat-shaped jugs, Henry Willett’s collection of popular ceramics display wit, horror and anti-French sentiment – sometimes all at once
Art by the movement’s best-known practitioners still fetches huge sums, but it’s work by women and artists of colour that is really taking off
The modernist building houses many significant works, but it’s the museum’s canny marketing and astute navigation of choppy political climates that really set it apart as it celebrates its 50th anniversary
While Pharrell has called for art to be part of the official competition again, let’s not ignore the artists currently making their presence felt in Paris – and the athletes with art-historical credentials
Plus: Harvard refuses to remove Sackler name from university art museum, and Slovak culture minister fires director of the national gallery
The Basque sculptor’s country home near San Sebastián is marking the centenary of his birth in style
Both artists were close to the French dealers and publishers who created a home for their personal art collection at the Fondation Maeght in the south of France
Expressive modernist figures by the French sculptor populate the site of an abandoned lead mine in Marseille
Grotesque portraits and sculptures by the American artist take up residence on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra
The Bahamian-born artist works in many different media, but his larger-than-life monuments to historic figures can feel oddly one-dimensional at times
Aaron Betsky’s account of the wildest visions architecture has to offer is full of buildings that haunt the structures of the real world
The philanthropist’s pursuits range from collecting Asian art to restoring ruined buildings
At Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire, the restoration of a rare piece of male dress allows us to appreciate 17th-century craftsmanship in more detail
The Church of St James the Less was the first building designed by the great Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street. A much-needed restoration is allowing its Italianate interior to shine again
A series of artist-designed bottles produced by an innovative Tuscan winery wouldn’t be out of place in a gallery
Outdoor activities offered Bloomsbury’s women welcome respite from their indoor pursuits
UK government scraps Stonehenge tunnel, and American Museum of Natural History repatriates the remains of 124 individuals
The eyewateringly expensive banquet President Macron held for Charles III belongs to a long history of conspicuous royal consumption
Eschewing the metal or stone normally used for outdoor art, the artist presents woven works for Socrates Sculpture Park in New York
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