Christian Rosa’s ‘slacker abstraction’; Goya’s witches and old women; and John Skoog’s tribute to Hollywood’s golden age
Tate Britain director and RA curator head for Europe; LACMA teams up with Hyundai; the UK’s fight to keep an ancient Egyptian statue continues; plus our favourite April Fools
Goya let his imagination run riot in his sketchbooks
Rosa’s work embodies a particularly nonchalant branch of contemporary culture
Poussin’s religious paintings are in the spotlight at the Louvre this Spring
A sneak preview of a new exhibition dedicated to Poussin’s depictions of sacred and Christian themes
Faded cinemas and enigmatic landscapes hark back to Hollywood’s heyday at Pilar Corrias
Hundreds of Asian art objects go to the Met and the MIA; the world’s most expensive work by a woman artist turns up in Bentonville; and LACMA announces a major partnership
ABHK is the youngest of Art Basel’s progeny, but it is no less breezily confident for that
What better subject to show at Rubens’ family home than his family portraits?
An enlightening display of German rococo sculpture is full of style as well as substance
Matthias Frehner and David Lewis discuss the problematic bequest
John Curtis on the loss of Iraq’s unique cultural heritage
Two impressive tapestries have been taken out of storage this Spring
As Iraq and its heritage suffer, we must seek out and celebrate the great Assyrian artefacts in our own museum collections
Moore at YSP; Salon du Dessin highlights; Basquiat in Ontario; a bigger and better Drawing Biennial; and Dryden Goodwin’s enigmatic film
Museum of London to move to Smithfield; fresh perspectives on Henry Moore and Basquiat; spotlight on education in museums; Asian art at the Met
Move should improve the museum and protect Smithfield fabric
It is satisfying to see Benglis finally given proper recognition in the UK
National Gallery gets a gift; MoMA under criticism; stolen El Greco work restituted; and a last ditch attempt to save a Brutalist estate in east London
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The Week’s Muse: 4 April
News and comment from our April issue: Thomas Marks and John Curtis on the cultural desecration of Iraq; Don Quixote in NYC; plus, should the Kunstmuseum Bern have accepted the Gurlitt bequest?