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This year’s Turner Prize nominees are all doing valuable work – but why compare them?
The shortlisted collectives are more interested in what takes place outside the museum – so considering them for an art prize seems besides the point
Britain’s oldest botanical garden goes back to its roots
Oxford Botanic Garden has played a vital role in the evolution of plant science since it was founded 400 years ago
The uncanny universe of Leiko Ikemura
The Japanese-Swiss artist’s first exhibition in the UK introduces her eerie, fantastical world to a new audience
‘A kind of high-minded amusement park’ – at Frank Gehry’s Luma Arles
Will the glittering new arts complex bring about a ‘Bilbao effect’ in the southern French city?
A sentimental education – the sisters who learnt to paint with the Pre-Raphaelites
Lucy and Catherine Madox Brown studied with their father and had close connections to the Pre-Raphaelites – but their achievements have been overlooked until now
Wong Kar-Wai gets nostalgic
The director’s sale of unseen footage from ‘In the Mood for Love’ reminds us that the Hong Kong of his films is fast disappearing
Introducing the Apollo 40 Under 40 Art & Tech
This year’s list of the most talented young people working with tech in the art world
The Apollo 40 Under 40 Art & Tech in focus: Salome Asega
The recently appointed director of New Inc discusses her plans for the cultural incubator and outlines why we need to think more about the ethics of tech
The Apollo 40 Under 40 Art & Tech in focus: Nimrod Vardi
The founding director of Arebyte has turned the gallery and online platform into a magnet for new media art in the UK
The mystery of the real-life Maltese Falcon
The film noir starring Humphrey Bogart is back in cinemas – but the confusion over what happened to the statuettes of the falcon remains to be cleared up
‘For the full Indiana Jones experience, it is best approached on horseback’
The spectacular cave monastery of Sabereebi in Georgia is full of frescoes as stunning as their rocky setting
My Little Pony rides again – at the National Gallery
Masterpieces of equestrian art are about to get some rainbow-coloured companions, thanks to an augmented-reality makeover
Supporting cast – Andrew Lloyd Webber does up Drury Lane with a few of his favourite things
The musical impresario has found a role for his collection of beloved Pre-Raphaelites at the newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Hazardous dukes – Medici portraits at the Met, reviewed
An entrancing exhibition shows how Cosimo I de’ Medici harnessed art to consolidate his family’s grip on power
Street smart – how to own a piece of London’s West End
A set of Misha Black’s famous street signs is going under the hammer – and it’s the closest most of us will get to owning some prime London property
The man who got Lucian Freud to pose as a Henry Moore
The legendary picture editor Bruce Bernard was famously modest about his own photography, but his portraits of Lucian Freud are peerless
The failed Italian revolutionary who dedicated himself to Asian art
After his failure in politics, Henri Cernuschi succeeded in finance – and left an outstanding collection of Asian art to his adoptive city of Paris
The artists who have turned to coffee for their creative fuel
Making coffee might be considered an art form – but don’t forget the artistic possibilities offered by the substance itself
Dust jackets and dinner jackets – the man who illustrated Bond
Richard Chopping’s striking designs for Ian Fleming’s novels add greatly to the books’ allure for collectors – but his artistic talent went far beyond Bond
Does the art world have a sense of humour?
Susan Moore and Niru Ratman wonder if anyone is still enjoying themselves
Boundary issues – the uneasy art of Chuck Close
It was always a mistake to take the painter’s portraits at face value, writes Nancy Princenthal – and we shouldn’t have any illusions about the man either
The goofy and garish Victorian pottery that was a very serious business
Mass-produced majolica has often been sneered at – but its exuberance is what makes it so appealing
The Neue Nationalgalerie’s restoration is so subtle you might not notice – and that’s a good thing
David Chipperfield’s cool, if costly, renovation plays to the gallery’s minimalist strengths
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