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Striking attitudes on the sides of ancient Greek vases
What does the style and subjects of the artist known as the ‘Berlin Painter’ tell us about vase-painting in 5th-century Athens?
Why Désiré Feuerle displays his art in a Berlin bunker
Désiré Feuerle talks to Apollo about his collection of Asian and contemporary art and its unusual underground home
‘It was almost as if the stations were crying’
Yuko Mohri talks about looking for leaks on the Tokyo metro system and her new installation at White Rainbow in London
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The artist who wants you to ‘thump a Trump’; Winston Churchill’s ET moment; plus the rest of last week’s art-world gossip
‘The most perfect example of the Elizabethan Age’
From its architecture to the treasures it contains, Hardwick Hall is a complete work of art
UK formally refuses export licence for £30 million Pontormo painting
Art News Daily : 16 February
Duncan Campbell turns his attention to rural Ireland
The Turner Prize winner’s new film looks at the power of narratives to misrepresent
Turning women’s work into art
Some of the 20th century’s greatest artists have worked in textiles – and most of them happen to have been women
The Poetry of Venetian Painting
Through the work of Bordone, Il Vecchio, Lotto, and Titian, this exhibition explores painting and artistic innovation in 16th century Venice
Examining the scars of history with Günther Uecker
The German artist Günther Uecker talks to Apollo about the rise of the European post-war avant-garde
The elephant in the road
Go and see Joel Sternfeld’s strange and beautiful photographs of the USA at Beetles+Huxley while you still can
The shifting styles of Victor Pasmore
Pasmore’s work surely constitutes one of the most varied and experimental bodies of work produced by any 20th-century British artist
Siobhan McDonald’s chance encounters with a changing world
The artist’s exhibition at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris explores big themes of climate change, landscape and loss
How an artist is trolling the Venice Biennale
The Icelandic artist Egill Sæbjörnsson has handed over the creation of the country’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale to a brace of trolls. Really.
The turbulent life of Mary, Queen of Scots
She’s an icon of Scottish nationhood and martyrdom, but Mary’s life at court was a complicated one of competing cultural, social and political influences
An epic Magritte is set to be the highlight of Christie’s ‘Art of the Surreal’ sale
Auction highlights this month include works by Morisot and Magritte at Christie’s, and Sotheby’s inaugural ‘Erotic: Passion and Desire’ sale
Jitish Kallat’s long meditation on life and death in the city
The Indian artist’s global success has not been fully appreciated at home – until now
Nine art events to get to in February
The exhibition highlights and museum openings not to miss this month
The pull of Hockney’s pool paintings
David Hockney found his great inspiration in the backyards of California – creating a look that influenced generations of artists
Remembering John Hurt and the Colony Room
The late John Hurt was a fixture on the bohemian Soho scene of Francis Bacon and the Colony Room
We need more TV shows like the BBC’s ‘Art of France’
Andrew Graham-Dixon’s new show ranges from Islamic influence on French architecture to narcissistic nationalism – and we haven’t even got to Napoleon yet
‘A Baroque tamed to suit a northern taste’
The chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte is rare among historic houses in France – for both the quality of its conservation and as a privately run property
‘Watching Eva Neurath at work made me understand visual intelligence’
Remembering Eva Neurath, who founded Thames & Hudson with her husband Walter