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Lord of the wings – how Audubon’s career got off to a flying start
James John Audubon’s illustrations of birds endure to this day, even if many of the species he depicted didn’t make it
Sheila Hicks: Off Grid
The pioneering textile artist gets her first UK survey at the Hepworth Wakefield
Collecting with purpose – how Nish McCree is advancing the cause of African art
The Ghana-based collector is known for discovering talented artists – but there is a more important mission behind her collecting instincts
In the studio with… Paulo Nimer Pjota
The Brazilian artist works with materials he retrieves from the streets – but his studio space must be kept clean as a shrine
Boldini: Pleasures and Days
The Petit Palais celebrates the Italian ‘Master of Swish’ and his depictions of Parisian high society
Althea McNish: Colour is Mine
The William Morris Gallery looks at the legacy of this key player in the Caribbean Arts Movement
‘A six-gun salute to the bespectacled one’ – Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, reviewed
The designer’s infatuation with the fine arts ran deep, as a series of exhibitions throughout the city’s museums makes clear
Will the new Burrell Collection give Glasgow global reach?
After six years of work, the city’s most singular museum is reopening. But while it is once again filled with wonders, there are also questions to be answered
The vivacity of Van Dyck’s portraits
Combining subtlety with swagger, Van Dyck’s portraits of courtiers offer a mischievous rival to the official written histories of his day
Is Anna Sorokin bringing prison art back in vogue?
The scammer of the art world has now joined its ranks – but how does the work she has made in jail measure up to the great prison art of the past?
Meet Magritte – the man behind the apple
Bowler hats off to a new biography of the painter that chips away at the Belgian’s bourgeois veneer
The mountain stronghold that has kept Georgia’s medieval art safe for centuries
The Svaneti Museum of History and Ethnography is a testament to the local people’s long-standing determination to preserve their cultural heritage
In the studio with… Hulda Guzmán
The painter of fantastical jungle scenes can actually see the forest from her studio in the Dominican Republic – but she’s not afraid to use her imagination
The bawdy world of kabuki theatre
This elegant Japanese tradition with earthy origins has long provided Japanese printmakers with rewardingly risqué material
Whatever happened to Bruce Wayne’s good taste?
Robert Pattinson’s caped crusader has a fine line in leather boots – but, alas, none of his forebears’ flair for home decoration
Pressing the flesh – an interview with Dorothy Cross
The sculptor used to make work made out of meat, but although she now uses marble she is still fascinated by processes of decay
In Carlo Crivelli’s tricksy paintings, nothing is as it seems
The painter employed trompe l’oeil like no artist before or since – and his box of tricks makes for a real treat at Ikon in Birmingham
How every age has invented a Stonehenge to suit itself
The prehistoric monument may seem timeless, but enthusiasts have constantly reimagined the site to suit their own preoccupations
The deep humanity of Shirley Hughes animates every page of her work
The author of beloved books such as the ‘Alfie’ series and ‘Dogger’ simply knew how children look and act
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2022
A remarkable Renaissance roundel from Mantua and a painting by Lavinia Fontana are among this month’s highlights
School for sandals – educating artists at Benton End
Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines’s art school in Suffolk was an unusual meeting of rural idyll and bohemian vice
‘Stand back and the hearts form constellations of sorrow’ – at the Covid memorial wall in London
The wall is an extraordinary piece of public art and grassroots activism that combines personal remembrance and political statement
Holbein’s signs and seals really deliver at the Morgan Library
By homing in on Holbein’s miniatures, this survey of the Renaissance master gives us a broad picture of the world he lived in
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