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How the Buddha became the Buddha
John Guy, curator of an exhibition of early Buddhist art at the Met, tells Apollo how the new religion transformed art in India
The self-assured sculptures of Pomona Zipser
With deceptively rickety creations that conceal the care that went into their making, the artist wittily questions our ideas about craft
How Barbie’s Dreamhouse turned into a design nightmare
Before the gal who has everything got into pink, her ideal home was a shrine to midcentury modern living
Doing it in Style – when Harry met Hockney
Two national treasures are going tête-à-tête at the National Portrait Gallery, but this isn’t the pop star’s first brush with a museum
Old Masters are back in the running at the Walker Art Gallery
After a multimillion-pound refurbishment, Liverpool’s greatest gallery is rethinking what a Victorian collection of Renaissance art means today
How X. Marcel Boulestin catered to the masses
The restaurateur and writer won over both the smart set and the middle classes – and was a hero to Elizabeth David
The outsize influence of the little black dress
The frock you can wear to everything has never gone out of style – but that hasn’t stopped designers trying to pull it off its pedestal
At the National Gallery, Paula Rego holds her own against a Renaissance master
Spot Judith, Delilah, the Virgin Mary – and museum staff – in a monumental mural inspired by a 15th-century altarpiece
For Gabriel Chaile, the way to the art is through the stomach
The Argentinian artist sculpts anthropomorphic adobe ovens, which he uses to cook for local communities
Grayson Perry: Smash Hits
The Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh stages the largest solo exhibition of the artist’s work to date
In the studio with… Zadie Xa
The mythology-mad artist magics up textiles, paintings and sculptures while surrounded by Korean masks and other miscellany – including the ashes of her late dog, Chicho
How Carrie Mae Weems keeps making her presence felt
Whether transforming existing images or taking photographs of her own, the socially engaged artist has never stopped experimenting
Can London auctions give collectors what they really want?
A few excellent results can’t paper over the deeper cracks that have appeared at Christie’s and Sotheby’s this summer
In the studio with… Flora Yukhnovich
The painter enjoys a bird’s-eye view from her high-rise studio, where she works among paint-encrusted books and a surprisingly large stack of bridal magazines
Four things to see: Expressionism
From Käthe Kollwitz to Edvard Munch and beyond, this week take a look at some of the key figures of this important movement
Blown up: Yayoi Kusama goes big in Manchester
The city’s newest and largest arts space provides ample room for the artist’s large-scale inflatables, but it’s not all about size
Lights, camera, exhibition – see Vermeer on the big screen
The Rijksmuseum’s blockbuster has been recorded for posterity, but can a film really do the paintings justice?
Saint Francis, pure and simple
The saint may have lived a life of poverty, but this richly varied exhibition is anything but impoverished
The true test of a building is the passing of time
At RIBA a film by Jim Stephenson shows that architecture can have a long and unpredictable afterlife
Indiana Jones defies (the UNESCO) convention
Real archaeologists are probably right to regard their famous fictional colleague as a renegade, but he’s a useful reminder of what not to do on a dig
Acquisitions of the Month: June 2023
A rare 17th-century portrait of a Black woman and a white woman and an illustrated Armenian manuscript are among this month’s highlights
Four things to see: Pride
How artists have depicted homosexuality at various points in history
Body politics – an interview with Florence Peake
The performance artist uses paint, props and a nude cast of actors to make her point
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When Giacometti lit up literary London
The sculptor’s chandelier, now export-stopped by the UK government, once hung in the offices of Cyril Connolly’s Horizon magazine