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‘We have always been an avant-garde museum’
How do you maintain a museum’s experimental spirit, while putting the permanent collection centre-stage?
The art world protests against Trump, in its own special way…
From Cindy Sherman to the Femen movement to Richard Prince, artists have been taking aim at Trump ahead of his inauguration
The light and shade of Charles III of Spain
Three shows in Madrid bring out the contradictions of Charles III, an enlightened ruler who could not resist the trappings of monarchy
‘I used to think art could change the world’
Ahead of a retrospective across three UK venues, Lubaina Himid discusses how black British art has evolved over the past three decades
Private collections may be a good thing for public institutions
In a time of increased uncertainty for public art institutions, museums are reevaluting their relationships with private collectors
Puppet master: an interview with Wael Shawky
The Egyptian artist Wael Shawky talks to Apollo about his animated versions of the Crusades
Paul Nash’s commitment to the English landscape
The artist’s feeling for place is a constant throughout his work – in both peacetime and war
A fierce reminder of why we need feminism more than ever today
The Photographers’ Gallery has put together an exhibition of feminist art from the 1970s which is still worryingly relevant today
Art and humanity in the work of Paul de Monchaux
The sculptor discusses abstraction, music, architecture, carving kerb stones, and the ‘common enterprise’ at the heart of it all
Year of the Rooster, art of the poultry yard
Joana Vasconcelos has sent a cockerel sculpture to Beijing for Chinese New Year. She’s only the latest artist to have a thing for chickens
Flemish portraits, science fiction, and an avant-garde centenary
Antwerp’s Old Master treasures are on tour, while the Barbican is staging a sprawling but ambitious science fiction exhibition
Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller (1930–2016)
Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, the leading tribal art collector and international museum patron, has died at the age of 86
William Kentridge and Vivienne Koorland peel back the layers of history
The two artists make a rewarding double act at Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery
Dutch prints, De Stijl, and David Hockney
Hercules Segers heads for the USA, Giacometti goes to Doha, David Hockney turns 80 in style, and more
The National Gallery of Ireland is finally to reopen
It’s been a long wait indeed, but the gallery’s refurbishment is nearing completion, and there’s a good line-up of temporary exhibitions, too
A tour around January’s art fair highlights
From British modern art, to antique rugs and Old Master drawings, there’s something for everyone on the art fair circuit this month
The American Dream and the October Revolution
American art at the British Museum; Chris Ofili’s first tapestry; Shakespeare’s Malvolio transformed, and more
Black British art, Merce Cunningham’s collaborations, and Lygia Pape in the USA
A number of UK shows are celebrating black British art, and large-scale exhibitions of Merce Cunningham and Lygia Pape are planned in the US
Yayoi Kusama heads to Singapore, while Southeast Asian art travels the globe
There are some excellent exhibitions of Southeast Asian art in the pipeline. Here are the best, alongside other global art highlights
One man’s lifelong devotion to Indian art
Jagdish Mittal, who has amassed one of the world’s finest collections of Indian art, discusses his dedication to art and instinctive approach to collecting
Legends in London: Zaha Hadid and Robert Rauschenberg
A look around some of London’s most talked-about winter exhibitions
How life goes on in a ruined Roman palace
The ruins of Diocletian’s Palace in Split are still inhabited – and they don’t look that different from how they did to Robert Adam in the 1750s
Winifred Nicholson and the pleasures of colour
An exhibition on Winifred Nicholson shows why her painting had such an impact on the work of her peers
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