The painter’s works invite us to marvel at the mysteries of perception – and we will never see so many of them in the same place again
A book of original sources about the painter is a tribute to both a great artist and a great art historian
At the MAH in Geneva, the artist Ugo Rondinone has rehung Le Sommeil to bring its livelier side to the fore, explains curator Samuel Gross
The sculptor was regarded as too sensual by classicists and too cold by Romantics, but a more superficial look at his work suggests what he was really up to
The attempts of the master journalist to focus on her own past are as intriguing and oblique as the rest of her work
At the intimate, dealer-led event known as Art en Vieille-Ville, everything from Old Masters to surreal photographs is on offer
Public and curatorial interest in the avant-garde movement shows no signs of abating but the market is less stable
The naturalist sketched his discoveries with unmatched dedication, but was unlucky to lose so many of the original specimens at sea
The Hollywood superstar inspired artists of all kinds – and Rakewell sincerely hopes that Jackson Pollock was among them
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While the two painters had little in common, this show at the Musée d’Orsay shows how they spurred one another to new heights
The Met explores the British artist’s ongoing interest in still lifes, mortality and mirroring
The artist’s surviving Virgilian canvases are reunited at the Galleria Borghese in Rome
Our most loyal four-legged friends are the focus of this exhibition at the Wallace Collection in London
An enthralling painting by M.F. Husain and the collection of retired dealers J.J. Lally & Co both played a star turn this week
A show of paintings belonging to his most important patron reflects the artist’s quietly spirited side
How the deadly disease inspired generations of artists and writers
The Courtauld’s show of recent works may be uneven but, at his best, the artist is more than capable of rubbing shoulders with the greats
The non-colour may convey notions of innocence and idealism, but it can also denote a darker side
The artist who builds and photographs meticulous maquettes explains how the pleasure of tricking people plays second fiddle to his interest in reality
Eva Jospin turned to cardboard out of necessity – but, as she tells Apollo, this humble material has allowed her to realise entire worlds
Two large-scale video installations in Frankfurt take viewers from the Mitchell Library in Glasgow to a Bronze Age city in Crete
Lesser-known works by one of the leading sculptors of the late gothic style go on show at the Cleveland Museum of Art
The National Gallery in London reveals how the influence of Cézanne, Van Gogh and Gauguin spread throughout Europe
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