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Karlo Kacharava: Sentimental Traveller

S.M.A.K. in Ghent presents the first institutional solo show outside of his native Georgia to be dedicated to the poet, critic and artist

The Printmaker’s Art: Rembrandt to Rego

The National (Royal Scottish Academy) in Edinburgh tells the story of printmaking from the 15th century to the present day

Four things to see: art and nightlife

The seedier side of city life has captured the imaginations of artists throughout the decades

The cover stories of Andrew Cranston

The artist’s playful and delicate works, often painted on book jackets, conceal a serious interest in animals, absurdity and art history

Nicolas de Staël’s art was unpredictable to the end

This long overdue retrospective shows that there was very little Nicolas de Staël coudn’t do as a painter

Exhibition of the Year

‘In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900–1930s’ at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Digital Innovation of the Year

Digital Benin

Artist of the Year

Wangechi Mutu

Acquisition of the Year

‘Portrait of Mai’ by Joshua Reynolds

Book of the Year

‘James Gillray: A Revolution in Satire’ by Tim Clayton

Museum Opening of the Year

Sydney Modern, Art Gallery of New South Wales

Personality of the Year

Frances Morris

The fragile idylls of Frank Walter

The Antiguan-born painter spent his final years living off the land, but his scenes of paradise are more complicated than they seem

The sculptor who saw infinite possibilities in a line

After fleeing Nazi Germany for Venezuela, Gego made intricately-woven works from industrial materials

Under the influence – can social media stars also be market makers?

Cause and effect is hard to pin down, but a certain type of celebrity association does seem to affect the value of a work of art

The art of being Barbra

Barbra Streisand’s doorstopper of a memoir suggests that the real love of the star’s life is the painter Modigliani

The week in art news – entire Documenta selection committee resigns

Plus: Russian artist Aleksandra Skochilenko jailed for seven years for anti-war protest, Joe Tilson (1928–2023), and B.N. Goswamy (1933–2023)

Andrew Cranston: What made you stop here?

The Scottish painter’s first exhibition in a public gallery brings together 38 new and recent works

The Irreplaceable Human

The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art considers the role of the artist in the age of artificial intelligence

Botticelli Drawings

In San Francisco the Legion of Honor pairs the painter’s masterpieces with their preparatory sketches

Impressionists on Paper: Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec

Working on paper allowed artists to capture life on the move and as it was lived

Four things to see: the Elizabethan era

The British monarch was no patron of the arts, but the political upheaval of her reign inspired many writers and artists

How to do things with words – and make art at the same time

At the Henry Moore Institute, artists and poets are hanging on to language for all they’ve got, finding meaning in the spaces between writing and objects

The city of Nantes has really pushed out the boat for culture

Ambitious arts programming has transformed the fortunes of the French city since it experienced tough times in the 1980s