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Howardena Pindell on politics, painting and punching holes
The American artist discusses the pleasures of her craft – and culture in the age of Trump
Balenciaga and Spanish Painting
From a friar’s habit to flamenco frills – how the haute couturier was inspired by Spanish culture
How Rubens made a booming business of his art
Diplomat, entrepreneur, painter – from an early age Rubens knew what it took to achieve success
Keith Haring
From protest posters to fashion design – the American artist gets his first major outing in the UK
Acquisitions of the month: May 2019
A mosaic of feathers from Mexico and a collection of classical gemstones are among this month’s highlights
Runway successes – the appeal of fashion exhibitions in museums
Celebrations of costumes and couture are more popular than ever, but is there more to these shows than spectacle?
Natalia Goncharova
From religious paintings to radical body art – the Russian avant-garde pioneer gets her first UK survey
Retrospectives are no longer just for artists – galleries are getting in on the game
A show exploring the legacy of Drew Gallery Projects in Canterbury is part of a wider recent trend
On the trail of Maria Lai in Sardinia
The folklore and customs of her island home provided rich material for the artist to spin her own yarns
‘I have always set off in new directions’ – an interview with Leiko Ikemura
The Japanese-Swiss artist talks about her work across drawing, painting and ceramics – currently on view in Basel
Lots (and lots) of Leonard Cohen
First there was a major show in New York, now there’s a cache of letters at auction…
‘I think of my sculptures as toys’ – an interview with Enrico David
The London-based artist discusses the darker side of play – and offers insight into his enigmatic sculptures
Funny and unflinching – Eleanor Antin bares all at LACMA
The now-octogenarian artist has revisited her most famous work – and it only gets better with age
Munch’s prints are obsessive and repetitive – but a revelation all the same
He took to the medium with great speed, producing works that display a rich debt to the Old Masters
Canes, corsets and peacock feathers – ‘Boldini and Fashion’ reviewed
The Ferrarese painter spent his career capturing the whims of fashion – but the results are far from superficial
Gauguin: Portraits
Tracing the painter’s life through his images of others – from his early career in Paris to his Tahitian voyages
The painter who made his name on the Western Front
Alfred Munnings was an official war artist who took a curiously pastoral approach to the conflict
Lavish tapestries and pious paintings – Bernard van Orley weaves his magic in Brussels
The Flemish master, whose workshop was one of the busiest in 16th-century Brussels, gets his first major survey in the city of his birth
Flowers, hyenas and haunted hotels – the surreal world of Dorothea Tanning
The Tate’s survey of Tanning’s long career testifies to her lifelong commitment to Surrealism
The great Renaissance cover-up
Titian and Bronzino have incurred the wrath of a librarian at a Baptist college in Florida
The landscape painters who invented Norway
Harald Sohlberg and Edvard Munch inherited a lively tradition that helped define the new nation
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Should Notre-Dame be reconstructed faithfully?
Paul Binski and Douglas Murphy weigh in on the debate over how Paris’s great cathedral should be rebuilt post-fire