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Court in the middle – the arts in France under Charles VII
In the first half of the 15th century, artists drew on the Northern and Italian Renaissances to create a distinctly French cultural flowering
The Georgian artist who was the voice of his generation
Karlo Kacharava was only 30 when he died in 1984. In Georgia, he is regarded as a one-man avant-garde and his work is now being acclaimed abroad
In the studio with… Matthew Krishanu
The artist takes inspiration from Billie Holiday, El Greco and a pair of old Indian puppets when painting large-scale canvases in his East London studio
Frieze New York puts a premium on performance
This year’s laudably international line-up gives plenty of space to photography, performance and video
Getting back to basics with Enzo Mari
The Italian designer’s pared-back approach to craftsmanship always prized the practical over the pretty
Why everyone loves Keith Haring
The pop artist believed that artists should make work for the masses. Decades after his death, his images are everywhere
Who will make a killing from Messi’s contract?
The maestro’s first contract with FC Barcelona, written on a napkin, has been withdrawn from auction after a dispute between his current and former agents
The real deal – Jacques Lacan and the art of psychoanalysis
Part biographical survey, part crash-course in Lacanian thought, an exhibition about the psychoanalyst’s links to art could do with a sharper focus
Licence to Rome – how the Dutch got a taste for the Italian capital
Maarten van Heemskerck’s expert renderings of Rome inspired his countrymen to see the city for themselves
The radical experiments of Yoko Ono
The artist’s vast body of work is full of daring conceits and tantalising contradictions
Does this year’s Venice Biennale live up to the hype?
There are delightful discoveries to be made at this year’s event, but sometimes the central exhibition fizzles where it should spark
‘The work of a lifetime’ – Interwar by Gavin Stamp, reviewed
The writer’s survey of interwar architecture is a monumental achievement that reminds us that modernism was only part of the 20th-century story
Olympism: Modern Invention, Ancient Legacy
The Louvre looks at the ancient history that inspired a French aristocrat to create a modern form of the Olympic Games
Must-see pavilions at the Venice Biennale 2024
From the recent history of Timor-Leste to world-building in Bulgaria, this year’s shows present a rich and varied cross-section of contemporary art from around the world
How Italy remade Willem de Kooning
At the age of 65, the artist went to Rome a painter and returned to the United States a sculptor. It wasn’t the first time the city had changed him
Jef Verheyen’s brush with the infinite
An exhibition in Antwerp celebrates the Belgian painter’s cosmic canvases – but it’s the 15th-century artworks hanging nearby that really put his achievements into perspective
Fjord focus – how Ibsen inspired the art of Edvard Munch
The Norwegian painter was referring to Ibsen’s play ‘Ghosts’ when he painted his dream-like landscape of 1906
Space explorer – an interview with Kapwani Kiwanga
Despite the painstaking research that underpins the artist’s work, there’s nothing dry about its outcomes – as visitors to the Canadian Pavilion in Venice will discover
How Adriano Pedrosa is opening up the Venice Biennale
The director of the 2024 Biennale talks to Apollo about the challenges the event faces and why he is sanguine about the changing political tides
The white-hot work of the Italian Spatialists
The artists may have spoken about voids and infinities, but the market for their work has stayed satisfyingly solid
How Compton Verney stays ahead of the flock
Now 20 years old, the country house museum in Warwickshire has developed a distinctive approach to collecting – and it’s paying off handsomely
Yinka Shonibare: Suspended States
The British-Nigerian artist is exhibiting new and old works at the Serpentine, in his first institutional show in London in two decades
The dreamlike visions of Julia Margaret Cameron and Francesca Woodman
Despite being separated by more than a century, the two photographers shared a distinctly hazy aesthetic
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Has the Fitzwilliam still got the hang of things?
Though some regard it as provocative, it’s fairer to say that the museum’s sprucing-up of its paintings galleries is thought-provoking