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Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art considers how the invention of new chalks and pastels encouraged artists to experiment

Illustrating the World: Woodcuts in the Age of Dürer

A rare opportunity to view the complete set of woodcuts from Dürer’s ‘Great Passion’ in the UK

‘Drawn from life: biography in British art history’ – a talk at London Art Fair

A panel discussion with Peter Parker (writer) and Florence Evans (art historian, curator and dealer). Chaired by Samuel Reilly

In the studio with… Anthony Daley

Anthony Daley studio

The Jamaican-British artist has a penchant for picking up other people’s rubbish and falls in love with the collectors who come to see his work

British Museum confirms Parthenon marbles talks with Greece

The Dionysos pediment from the Parthenon marbles at the British Museum.

Plus: John Akomfrah and Grayson Perry knighted, Louvre to limit visitor numbers, and the rest of the week’s top stories

Every Ocean Hughes: Alive Side

The multimedia artist brings comedy to grave matters in a four-part presentation at the Whitney in New York

Simone Forti

This exhibition in Los Angeles considers how Forti challenged the boundaries between visual art and dance

Benjamin Williams Leader: A Homecoming

The Victorian painter’s idyllic landscapes return to the county that inspired them

The Mystery of Mithras: Exploring the Heart of a Roman cult

The mysterious Roman religion is the focus of this exhibition at the Archäologisches Museum in Frankfurt

Slow horses and flying starts – the glittering career of Gary Oldman

There’s no denying the actor’s talents, but Rakewell can’t help wishing he would finally direct that film about Eadweard Muybridge, ‘the father of motion pictures’

Acquisitions of the Month: December 2022

A donation of 220 works by Philip Guston from the artist’s daughter and a portrait of one of Louis XV’s most controversial aides are among this month’s highlights

The museum openings not to miss in 2023

The National Portrait Gallery’s forecourt proposal by Jamie Fobert Architects. © Forbes Massie

The new-look National Portrait Gallery in London and the International African American Museum in Charleston are among the highlights of the year ahead

The film-makers who deserve a fair hearing

Flux Gourmet

While Peter Strickland’s most recent feature sends up sound artists, Georgina Starr’s short makes for a more challenging listen

The royal christening gift that did sterling service

George II gave his god-daughter a decorative silver bowl that was later put to surprisingly practical use

The mixed messages of Meret Oppenheim

Ma gouvernante – My Nurse – Mein Kindermädchen by Meret Oppenheim

The artist’s mastery of unusual materials gave her a real edge over her peers

How to cut a statue down to size

Robert Bevan’s call to require a lot less from our public monuments has much to recommend it

The landscape that shaped Gainsborough’s view of the world

Wooded landscape with Herdsman Seated

The painter’s house in Suffolk now tells a compelling story about his formative influence

Making wine in Venice is a very exclusive affair

Venice vineyard

The wines of the Veneto need no introduction, but it’s worth getting to know the ones produced inside the city itself

The vanished collection of Giorgio Vasari

by Giorgio Vasari

Giorgio Vasari’s famous collection of Renaissance drawings was dispersed after his death, and scholars have been trying track down its contents for centuries

The art nouveau potters who broke the mould

Vase (c. 1896–97), Alfred William Finch

The fin-de-siècle movement fired up the imaginations of avant-garde ceramicists across Europe

National lampooner: James Gillray vs the British establishment

The Plumb Pudding in Danger by James Gillray

The artist’s excoriating images have long set the standard for political satire

Lucian Freud and the art of paying attention

No one could accuse the painter of flattering his subjects, but he was certainly painstaking about capturing them on canvas

‘It’s about a sense of atmosphere’ – an interview with Mike Nelson

Mike Nelson

As the artist prepares for his show at the Hayward Gallery, he talks about using the remains of today to reimagine the past

Rubens and an outstanding display of Roman virtue

The Death of Decius Mus by Peter Paul Rubens

While the painter’s designs for the Decius Mus cycle were used to create several sets of tapestries, the version now in Kilkenny Castle in Ireland is in a class of its own