4 things to see: the birth of the Internet
From a portrait of Ada Lovelace to digital paintings and installations, we take a look at 4 of the most searching artworks related to the Internet age
From a portrait of Ada Lovelace to digital paintings and installations, we take a look at 4 of the most searching artworks related to the Internet age
Plus: Kwame Brathwaite (1938–2023), John Leighton to depart National Galleries of Scotland, and the rest of the week’s top stories
After meeting at the Slade, Erchen Chang, Shing Tat Chung and Wai Ting have taken the creation of the soft, steamy buns to new heights
The Wolf family’s extraordinary collection of American art and crafts is up for sale later this month
Our pick of art about folly that it would be unwise to overlook
By working in offices or trying to play Snow White at Euro Disney, the Finnish artist takes aim at the monotony of modern life
The Plateforme 10 project has brought the city’s fine arts, design and photo museums together on the site of a former train yard
At the Kronenhalle in Zurich, the writer was most likely to ask for Fendant de Sion, a wine that deserves to be much better known abroad
After a spell in the doldrums, prices for magnificent carpets from across the continent are starting to soar again
The Swedish artist is now fêted as a pioneer of abstract art, but her spiritual inclinations are what really resonate today
When we think of the biblical folly, it’s Pieter Breugel the Elder’s painting that first comes to mind – but artists and writers are still reimagining it today
The painter’s works invite us to marvel at the mysteries of perception – and we will never see so many of them in the same place again
The sculptor was regarded as too sensual by classicists and too cold by Romantics, but a more superficial look at his work suggests what he was really up to
At the intimate, dealer-led event known as Art en Vieille-Ville, everything from Old Masters to surreal photographs is on offer
The Met explores the British artist’s ongoing interest in still lifes, mortality and mirroring
How the deadly disease inspired generations of artists and writers
The artist who builds and photographs meticulous maquettes explains how the pleasure of tricking people plays second fiddle to his interest in reality
Two large-scale video installations in Frankfurt take viewers from the Mitchell Library in Glasgow to a Bronze Age city in Crete
The remarkable revelation of John Berger’s cameo in Grand Theft Auto leads Rakewell to cast around for some other surprising turns by eminent critics
From James Joyce’s Ulysses to Francis Bacon’s screaming portraits, we’ve picked 4 objects to bring you closer to many myths of Ireland