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A new Whitney for New York
The Whitney Museum of American Art is moving downtown, and its director Adam D. Weinberg has big plans for the new building and the collection
Horace Walpole’s gaudy gothic fantasy is revived at Strawberry Hill
The private apartments have reopened, but where is all the art?
The forward-thinking director behind Frankfurt’s museums
Max Hollein discusses the challenges and rewards of running not one, but three, institutions
Sonia Delaunay steps out of her husband’s shadow at Tate Modern
But let’s not ignore Robert entirely…
Bernini in Paris: Architecture at a Crossroad
In 1665 Louis XIV asked Bernini to design a new façade for the Louvre. What would it have meant for Paris if the Sun King had commissioned him?
Muse Reviews: 12 April
Riotous Romans in Paris; the difficulty of Defining Beauty; getting back into Tracey Emin’s Bed
Creating Realities
Encounters between art and cinema An exhibition at the Pinakothek der Modern and Museum Brandhorst in collaboration with the Goetz…
Archival Impulse: an interview with Kader Attia
Hannah Gregory meets Kader Attia ahead of a major retrospective of his work in Lausanne
The difficulty of ‘Defining Beauty’
The British Museum’s celebration of the body in ancient Greek art is more complicated than you might imagine – and better for it
Powerful, humbling and relevant: Jacob Lawrence’s ‘Migration Series’ at MoMA
This important exhibition should be a wake-up call for today’s visitors
Roman Riot Club: ‘The Baroque Underworld’ draws crowds at the Petit Palais
Vice has always been a draw
London Diary: 5 April
Tracey Emin’s bed, Isa Genzken’s money, NS Harsha’s space cows, and Roger Ackling’s ‘Simple Gifts’
Gallery: Poussin and God at the Louvre
Poussin’s religious paintings are in the spotlight at the Louvre this Spring
Shadowland: John Skoog’s tribute to cinema’s golden age
Faded cinemas and enigmatic landscapes hark back to Hollywood’s heyday at Pilar Corrias
The Passion according to Carol Rama
The Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is presenting France’s first retrospective devoted to Italian artist Carol Rama.…
Poussin and God
To mark the 350th anniversary of the artist’s death, this exhibition reconsiders Poussin’s religious masterpieces and the way in which…
Frames in Focus: Sansovino Frames
So enduring was the reputation of architect and sculptor Jacopo Sansovino that in the late 19th century the term ‘Sansovino’…
Muse Reviews: 29 March
Moore at YSP; Salon du Dessin highlights; Basquiat in Ontario; a bigger and better Drawing Biennial; and Dryden Goodwin’s enigmatic film
Gift-giving: Lynda Benglis at the Hepworth Wakefield
It is satisfying to see Benglis finally given proper recognition in the UK
The Drawing Biennial is back
The fundraising exhibition and auction has emerged, somewhat paradoxically, as a highlight in the gallery’s programme
London Diary: 22 March
Traces of the World Trade Centre in London; counterculturalism and Robert Fraser; and Hauser & Wirth’s space in Somerset
Rubens in private
Click here for the director’s introduction The master portrays his family Even though Rubens is said to have disliked painting…
London Diary: 19 April
Ravilious is bonkers and brilliant in Dulwich; Space sparkles at Daniel Blau; and is ‘Woman in Gold’ so bad it’s good?