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Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now
The photographer’s early Polaroids, collages and nudes, plus the notorious S&M pictures
‘Joan Mitchell is the real star here’
Pairing the Abstract Expressionist’s work with that of her longtime partner Jean-Paul Riopelle makes it clear she was the greater artist
The freedom Gainsborough found in painting his family
The artist’s portraits of his household are more spontaneous than his commercial work
Beyond the blockbusters – five more shows to catch in 2019
Highlights include a celebration of Cosimo de’ Medici at the Uffizi and ceramics from Africa at the Design Museum in Munich
Poetry and pessimism at the 12th Shanghai Biennale
Grand narratives of progress are undermined in a surprisingly understated edition of the Chinese biennial
Cutting criticism – a tale of Bendor Grosvenor’s cat
Plus: Salvador Dalí among the drug lords and how Jeremy Deller made his mother proud
Close encounters with the gods in court paintings from north India
Painters at the Pahari courts found new ways to represent the Hindu gods in the 17th and 18th centuries
The cosmopolitan art of Anglo-Saxon England
The British Library demonstrates that Anglo-Saxon culture looked to Europe and beyond
Where next for virtual reality art?
Some seem beguiled by VR technology but others are using it to confront our faith in digital progress
Arty films and books to watch out for in 2019
From a Van Gogh biopic to a novel about Lee Miller, the books and films with an art-historical twist coming up in the next few months
Biennials not to miss in 2019
Venice, the oldest and biggest biennale of all, returns in 2019, but there’s a plethora of other events to look forward to
Sweden’s greatest museum comes into its own
The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm has a world-class collection and an international outlook to match
Modern art, with a Belgian flavour
Fernand Khnopff was among the most original artists of the fin-de-siècle – but his dreamlike images are unmistakably Belgian
How Mantegna and Bellini reshaped the Renaissance
A thrilling survey of the two quattrocento masters highlights their many differences
Michael Cohen, captured for posterity
Plus: Jools Holland and his model railway, and how Monster Chetwynd got her name
This film inspired by Gerhard Richter won’t tell you much about his art
Never Look Away is based on the life of the great German artist – but it doesn’t do justice to his work
Kinetic art – a field that has always refused to stand still
From Calder to Kusama, modern and contemporary artists have created many different versions of kinetic art
The bleak beauty of Berlinde de Bruyckere
An interview with the Belgian sculptor, who discusses hope, suffering, bodies, and blankets
The impressive cultural achievements of China’s Qing empresses
New research shows that women in the Forbidden City had more influence on the arts than previously thought
How political is political art?
Many artists take themes such as migration, climate change, and human rights as their subjects, but what are they actually doing with them?
Highlights from London Art Week’s winter edition
The exhibitions and events not to miss in Mayfair and St James’s this year
Delacroix earns his stripes at the Met
A major show at the Met presents the Romantic painter in many different modes
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