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Arshile Gorky (1904–1948)
The Armenian painter formed a bridge between the European and American avant-gardes
Fortuny: A Family Story
From fine art to high fashion – exploring the many talents of the Spanish father and son
Andrea del Verrocchio steps out of the shadow of his star pupil
The Florentine master, who took Leonardo as an apprentice, was perhaps the most influential artist of his day
Frieze, 1–54, and more – what’s in store in New York this month
A large slice of the Big Apple is given over to the two contemporary art fairs this May
A new home for South Asian art in Dubai
The Ishara Art Foundation opened its doors last month with a show exploring boundaries and belonging
Getting to know Lee Krasner
It’s time to set the record straight on the life and legacy of the great Abstract Expressionist
The Prado pulls out the stops for its 200th birthday
With its exceptional collection of Old Masters and rich history, the museum has plenty to celebrate
‘I want people to attend to the content’ – an interview with Jenny Holzer
The artist talks about working with words, the ‘woman thing’, and why she likes to feel useful
‘How do you solve a problem like Thérèse?’ – Balthus in Madrid reviewed
Balthus’ strange, dream-like paintings deliberately set out to unsettle viewers
A new tower of Babel rises in the Bodleian Library
We know what translation can do – but what does it look like? Eight centuries of multilingual activity is on show in Oxford
Sheela Gowda shows her extraordinary works made out of everyday materials in Milan
The artist’s installations seem completely at home in the HangarBicocca
Little Britain – the Elizabethan passion for portrait miniatures
Flaunted in public and pored over in private, the portraits of Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver encapsulate their age
Bedding down at the Louvre – and other nights at the museum
The Louvre is going to allow one couple a chance to conk out at the gallery. Seems like cultural catnaps are all the rage…
Performance art costs a lot to produce – but can it make money, too?
The status of performance may be on the up, but its place in the art market is still precarious
Schip shape – the infectiously bizarre style of the Amsterdam School
Het Schip and other buildings of this early 20th-century movement are both hyper-modern and curiously medieval
Edvard Munch: Love and Angst
In his woodcuts and lithographs the Norwegian artist plumbed the depths of desire, anxiety and grief
Flooded streets and cars at sea – the watery world of Nick Goss
Goss experiments with traditional painting techniques to depict scenes of everyday life with a dreamlike twist
Seeing past the shock value of Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs
The photographer’s formally composed, sometimes graphic work is still hard to pin down
That border wall, made out of cheese
The Make America Grate Again project isn’t the first time dairy has been used as an artistic medium
The kaleidoscopic visions of Emma Kunz
The Swiss spiritualist used drawings to diagnose patients, but her works are now regarded as art
A tour of Kolkata’s thriving art scene
An exhibition devoted to Krishna Reddy and awards for emerging Indian artists are among recent highlights in the city
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‘Hers was a life of adventure, wonder, separation and survival’ – on Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
The Iranian artist’s distinctive mirror and glass sculptures were inspired by the architecture of her native country