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Arlene Shechet: Girl Group

At Storm King Art Center, ceramics the artist made during Covid-19 lockdowns form the basis of a new series of bright, bold metal sculptures

Bharti Kher: Alchemies

Figures of deities fused from several traditions and the artist’s personal cosmology are reimagined at a monumental scale at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Antony Gormley: Time Horizon

An army of lifesize figures are scattered across some 300 acres of the landscaped grounds at Houghton Hall in Norfolk

Exposing the colonial past – an interview with Sammy Baloji

Taking photographs as a starting point, the artist unearths the hidden connections between European colonialism and modern-day Africa

‘Burningly cerebral and slightly mad’ – André Masson at the Pompidou-Metz, reviewed

As a rare exhibition of his work demonstrates, the French Surrealist’s art took a series of very intense twists and turns

How Turner made heavy weather of a changing world

An exhibition of the artist’s depictions of fires, floods and natural disasters draws parallels between the extremities of an earlier age and the current climate crisis

The endless mystique of Franz Kafka

The term ‘Kafkaesque’ is in constant use and misuse, but, a century on from his death, are we any closer to understanding the man himself?

Mohammed Sami turns history inside out at Blenheim

The Baghdad-born artist’s gently subversive installations at Blenheim Palace make keen observations about the nature of war and of privilege, and who gets to be a hero

The joyous art of fancy Victorian ices

Modern creations may offer a riot of flavours but in form they’re no match for the fantastical shapes of the past

Jeremy Frey weaves new worlds

The seventh-generation basketry artist is bringing new dynamism to an ancient craft

UNESCO puts off placing Stonehenge on at-risk list

Plus: US officials recover $1.2m Picasso drawing and Venice’s tourist tax has raised much more than expected

We’ll almost have Paris – the Olympic opening ceremony, reviewed

The riverine procession of competing nations took the focus off the athletes, but the spectacle of Celine Dion belting out Edith Piaf from the Eiffel Tower was worth the four-hour wait

The luxury brands giving the Olympics a certain je ne sais quoi

The LVMH stable, from Louis Vuitton to Chaumet, is ensuring that Paris 2024 will get a gold medal for aesthetics, as sport gets increasingly stylish

Rave culture gets the museum treatment

From the flyer designs to the thumping music, a 1980s rave reconstructed in virtual reality feels almost like the real thing – with one crucial missing element

Before and After Coal

Forty years after the calling of the miner’s strike, Milton Rogovin’s photographs of Scottish miners shows how much the UK’s industrial landscape has changed

Ibrahim Mahama: Songs about Roses

At Fruitmarket Gallery, the artist takes a defunct railway built by the British in Ghana in the 1920s as his starting point

National Treasures: Vermeer in Edinburgh

As part of its bicentenary celebrations, the National Gallery in London has sent a painting by Vermeer to Edinburgh to keep another work by the artist company

Bruce McLean: I Want My Crown

The Scottish conceptual artist who is not afraid to make fun of the art world has an 80th birthday show at Modern One

The silversmith who struck gold at Tiffany

Edward C. Moore played a crucial role in the firm’s 19th-century success and his own collecting inspired some of its most impressive creations.

In the studio with… Eduardo Terrazas

The Mexican artist, known for his woven works that borrow from folk-art traditions, listens to Bach and Rosalía while working in his studio in Colonia Roma, Mexico City

The best cellars are like museums of fine wine

Underground storage can be dark and sinister, but when it’s used for wine, it can become a place of deep pleasure

It’s time for the government of London to return to its rightful home

Norman Foster’s City Hall has been denied listed status a second time. But the more important question is: when will the capital be run from County Hall again?

France chases the Olympic dream

As the Olympic Games arrive in Paris, two exhibitions shine a light on overlooked aspects of competitive sport

The feuding artists who shaped art after the Russian Revolution

The story of Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir Tatlin’s competing artistic outlooks is told with verve in Sjeng Scheijen’s new book