Making the case for late Manet
The painter’s once unfairly dismissed late works are full of possibilities he didn’t live long enough to explore
The painter’s once unfairly dismissed late works are full of possibilities he didn’t live long enough to explore
The view of Mount Rigi from Lake Lucerne inspired a series of great watercolours – one of which is currently under export bar in the UK
An exhibition about cultural destruction in modern conflicts can’t help but remind us of earlier wars
In 2015, Dario Franceschini’s modernising project heralded a newly international outlook for the Italian museum system. Is it sustainable?
A survey of the artist takes us to a land of sinister magic not so different to our own
Adolf and Frieda Fischer’s globetrotting led to their founding the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst in Cologne
Art news daily: 23 August
Thanks to its long and varied history, the mask serves as a rich symbol for contemporary artists
Moby-Dick is a novel suspicious of visual representation – but one that has inspired scores of illustrators and painters
An initiative spearheaded by the artist’s foundation is spreading her passion for prints across the US
The Roy family have filched some top pictures from French museums. Or perhaps HBO just gave them some high-quality reproductions
Relationships between bodies – filial, friendly or romantic – are at the heart of the Lebanese artist’s paintings and drawings
The gothic heart of Bruges now beats a little faster at the renovated Gruuthusemuseum
The American city has not one, but two world-class art institutions – both contributing to its wider revival
The Parisian critic may have been an enigma who stayed out of sight – but he introduced African art to the French avant-garde
The land of the pharaohs loomed large in the imagination of the father of psychoanalysis
Art news daily: 12 August
The Bavarian capital is reasserting its position as a city to rival Berlin in its embrace of the arts
Museum-grown mushrooms come to market in London – while in Boston, Egyptian artefacts have been harvested for ancient yeast
The latest addition to the Menil’s ‘neighbourhood of art’ in Houston offers an expanded vision of what drawing means