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In the studio with… Hernan Bas
The Miami-based artist isn’t especially keen on visitors, but he has a television and an 18th-century cooling casket to keep him company
How Roger Hilton played fast and loose with the human form
The St Ives painter best known for his abstract works also created his own kind of figurative art
The week in art news – Arts Council England announces its national funding portfolio
Plus: Subhash Kapoor sentenced to ten years in prison, and the rest of the week’s top stories
Tadesse Mesfin’s beaming visions of Ethiopia are pure joy
The pioneer of Ethiopian modernism tells Apollo about his years in the USSR and his depictions of brightly-dressed women at market
Acquisitions of the Month: October 2022
This month’s highlights include the 18th-century Chinese jardinière that Horace Walpole famously used as a fish bowl
On point – the wearing of lace has always been tied up with social status
Lace-making is an exacting craft – and who gets to wear the results is an equally delicate matter
Chasing the dragons – the art of ritual in ancient China
Curator Dany Chan takes a close look at an exquisite jade cup in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
The King’s new portrait is right on the money
They are symbols of great change, but Rakewell finds pleasing continuities in the new Charles III coins
The week in art news – Frances Morris to step down from Tate Modern
Plus: Pierre Soulages (1919–2022), and a shake-up at the head of Art Basel
The Vorticist who was nearly painted out of history
Helen Saunders was briefly at the forefront of British modernism – before she was cancelled by Wyndham Lewis
At last! A prime minister who knows how to dress
Thomas Blaikie pens a paean to the new emperor’s clothes
In the studio with… Himali Singh Soin
The Indian artist enjoys company while she’s working and even occasionally posts an open invitation on Instagram, encouraging visitors to drop by
How Shoji Hamada reinvented British ceramic traditions
The Japanese ceramicist infused his approach to pottery with British traditions from his travels in the 1920s, before bringing this new style back to his native country
Wolfgang Tillmans has the time of his life at MoMA
The photographer’s seething retrospective at MoMA captures what it was like to be young and carefree after the fall of the Berlin Wall
Surreal suppers – the Japanese art of artificial food
Shokuhin sampuru (food models) may serve the promotional function of luring diners into restaurants but the creation of each replica is a delicate craft
Lorenzo Lotto finds a winning streak
Long undervalued in comparison to his peers, the Renaissance painter now has the critical esteem he deserves in the form of a fine catalogue
How the Peanuts cartoons captured the soul of post-war America
On the centenary of Charles M. Schulz’s birth, the cartoonist’s greatest creation still sums up the hopes and fears of the nuclear age
The Frenchman who wanted to photograph the world
In the early 20th century, Albert Kahn dispatched photographers to more than 50 countries – and the magical results can be found in the Paris museum that bears his name
Grave matters – tussling over Tutankhamun
When the pharaoh’s tomb was discovered 100 years ago, the fate of its contents became a political minefield. Unpublished British papers reveal for the first time what was really at stake
Around the galleries – Asian Art in London, plus other highlights
This bumper edition of the annual event continues to demonstrate the capital’s strength in this field
The instant appeal of William Kentridge’s slow art
A journey through four decades of the South African artist’s works reveals the steady evolution of his talent
‘Rainmaker’ art advisor Laura Paulson on how collecting has changed
Increased wealth, social media and a global art market have affected how people buy art, says the chief operating officer of Gagosian Art Advisory
Salad days for satirists – a farewell to Liz Truss
She has been outlasted by a lettuce – but could the Iceberg Lady take comfort from a pear-shaped French king?
Auction highlights – Mary Cassatt gives a star turn in New York
A magnificent portrait by the Impressionist leads the pack in the sale of Ann and Gordon Getty’s collection at Christie’s this week
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