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Four things to see: documentary photography
Photographers have long used their medium to document pressing social issues and overlooked communities
How Finland eventually fell for Impressionism
The movement was slow to find favour in the north, but this gave Finnish artists time to take what they wanted from France
By Lake Lugano, two painters who really saw the light
Giacomo Balla and Piero Dorazio worked nearly 50 years apart, but a dazzling show reveals their shared interest in capturing sensations
How Iannis Xenakis abandoned architecture and remade modern music
The Greek polymath who once worked for Le Corbusier is the subject of an appropriately wide-ranging survey in Athens
The Jewish designers who had success all sewn up
The Museum of London celebrates the designers who turned the capital into a fashion centre while also remembering the people who wore their clothes
David Hockney: Drawing from Life
This long-awaited exhibition takes a close look at portraits of five sitters David Hockney has returned to throughout his 60-year career.
Robert Irwin (1928–2023)
In 2015, the Californian artist spoke to Jonathan Griffin about the light and space installations that span his 60-year career
The Cornish museum with a thoroughly bewitching collection
The custodian of the largest collection of occult objects in Europe explains the enduring appeal of all things supernatural
Around the galleries – ambitions are high at Asian Art in London
The return of the event shows that the capital remains a global hub for the market
Man about town – around modern London with Ian Nairn
A reissue of the architectural critic’s guide to new buildings in the capital is just as fresh as it was 60 years ago
Is Uzbekistan poised to become a major cultural player?
The country is keen to rebrand by promoting its art and architecture – and the modernist buildings of its capital Tashkent are part of the plan
Unscrolling China’s historic urban fabric
A 30m-long painting presents the Kiangxi Emperor touring southern China, says Clarissa von Spee of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Man of the cloth – Karun Thakar on his extraordinary collection of Asian textiles
Among the collector’s many objects is one of the most important holdings of antique textiles in private hands
Grapes of froth – making the thinking man’s ‘champagne’
A vineyard-meets-sculpture park in Franciacorta makes wine truly a multisensory affair
Venezia 500: The Gentle Revolution of Venetian Painting
How the Italian city became a site of stylistic innovation
What Renoir saw by the sea in Guernsey
Nearly a century and a half after the painter’s trip to the Channel Islands, his paintings of Guernsey can now be compared to the actual views
The modern-day collectors who want to build their own cabinets of curiosities
Wonders that were once prized by Renaissance princes still inspire plenty of awe
The Brazilian artists who believed in leisure – and wanted to change the world
The film-maker Neville d’Almeida recalls his friendship with Hélio Oiticica and how they broke down the barriers between work and play and between film and art
Fired up – Daniel Katz on his passion for Islamic pottery
The dealer has made his name through antiquities, Old Master sculptures and modern British art – but when it comes to his own collection, it’s the Islamic world that sets his heart alight
Rebuilding Baghdad – in the new instalment of Assassin’s Creed
Dr Glaire Anderson of Edinburgh University explains how she helped bring Islamic art and architecture to life for the latest version of the video game
Frieze week highlights: breast-feeding goddesses and poetry in performance
Paintings of women by Rubens at Dulwich Picture Gallery and an installation by Julianknxx at the Barbican are among the shows not to miss this year
How healthy is London’s contemporary art market?
The first Frieze Art Fair in 2003 made the capital cool again – but how much does it matter now, 20 years on?
How Frans Hals made up for his slow start
The painter was no prodigy but, as Bart Cornelis of the National Gallery in London tells Apollo, he was soon making up for lost time with his bold brushwork
In Edinburgh, the National Gallery now gives Scottish art the space it deserves
The opening of a whole new suite of galleries means that Scottish artists now have the same status as the museum’s Old Masters
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