As visceral a painting as you will ever encounter…
Max Beckmann's 'Bird's Hell', a terrifying vision of cruelty painted after he fled Nazi Germany, is to be sold at auction for the first time
Max Beckmann's 'Bird's Hell', a terrifying vision of cruelty painted after he fled Nazi Germany, is to be sold at auction for the first time
Armitage's paintings combine African politics and western art history – and will make you see both in a different light
Tracey Emin gets bored of her peers; artists and salad; and Pamela Anderson's favourite museum
One of the most important collections of 18th-century silver in Europe gets the attention it deserves in a new book
Wim Delvoye discusses merde-making machines, mass production, pig tattoos and Europe's messy future
In the last few years LA’s art scene has grown immeasurably. But as rents rise and experimental spaces get priced out, is LA’s arrival on the international art stage worth it?
Innovation and potential are not merely the preserve of the younger generation – as these artists are proving
Frank Lloyd Wright is widely considered America's greatest architect – but his career was dominated by failure
An exhibition of Eric Gill’s art in Ditchling raises questions about how far we can separate art from life. Should biography shape our understanding of an artist’s work?
A fairground designed by Claudia Comte is set to be installed outside Art Basel
It's been besieged, abandoned, and used as a training ground for terrorists - but the ancient city of Hatra still stands in the Iraqi desert
Remembering the pioneering performance artist Vito Acconci, who died in April aged 77
An artist has depicted Nigel Farage’s plane crash on a plate. UKIP says 'Meh'.
The possibilities of paint are inexhaustible, says the German artist Markus Lüpertz
The legendary S.S. Normandie was lost to fire in the 1940s, but relics from its luxury interior survive – including these verre églomisé panels
How Spencer Tunick turned public nakedness into art – while avoiding the police
Art News Daily : 18 May
This remarkable house in Hammersmith is a vivid museum of late Victorian cultural life
Prices are rocketing for photographs by Bernd and Hilla Becher and their students at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Cedric Price believed that architecture should be mobile, lightweight, and temporary. Above all, he thought it should be fun