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Why an art hound is sniffing around the MFA Boston
The latest recruit to the MFA Boston is a three-month-old puppy called Riley
A guide to urban living
In her mid-career survey, Jacqueline Donachie explores the hidden cruelties of the urban environment
The dividing lines of Otobong Nkanga
For her first solo exhibition in Ireland, Otobong Nkanga complicates easy distinctions between the natural and the industrial
Posing for Martin Parr
The photographer’s foundation opens with pop-up portrait sessions and an exhibition of images of the West Midlands
The double lives of outsider artists
Vivian Maier took thousands of photographs, but showed them to no one. Why are some artists so determined to keep their work secret?
The reopening of the Hayward Gallery and a Tacita Dean trilogy
It’s a big year for museums in the UK, with reopenings, expansions, and collaborations in London and Cambridge
The remarkable legacy of Johan Maelwael
This superbly curated exhibition transforms our understanding of medieval art history
New Museum Triennial
The emerging artists in ‘Songs for Sabotage’ address the links between culture and built systems
A tribute to Gavin Stamp (1948–2017)
The great architecture critic and campaigner has died at the age of 69
The battle for Picasso’s mind
An exhibition in Berlin explores how both sides in the Cold War tried to turn artists into ideological weapons
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Justin Bieber takes up painting, an art-breaking first date, and Hans-Ulrich on the beach
Myths, music, and medieval Celtic
Looking forward to a year of monographic exhibitions, from Joan Jonas in London to Danh Vō in New York
Do we still need UNESCO?
The US is withdrawing from UNESCO (again) at the end of 2018. Has this international body outlived its usefulness?
‘The most substantial Kunsthalle in London’
Ralph Rugoff, the director of the Hayward Gallery, explains what the revamped brutalist building has to offer artists and audiences
Does the Louvre Abu Dhabi live up to its aims?
The Louvre Abu Dhabi is undeniably impressive, but can it succeed in becoming the universal museum it wants to be?
A trip along the East Coast of the United States
From post-war German art at Harvard to Leonardo at the Worcester Art Museum, here are some gems beyond the blockbuster exhibitions
Early photography, ancient Egypt, and postmodern architecture
Highlights of 2018 include Victorian photographers, Egyptian influences, and models from Kinshasa
Video games and the many gardens of Manifesta
European highlights for 2018 include three promising young artists and Palermo’s eco-focused edition of Manifesta
Pain, precision and poetry
Highlights of 2018 include violent visions in Dulwich, Bruegel in Vienna, and T.S. Eliot at Turner Contemporary
Sexing up the cherry
The cherry has come a long way over the centuries – as medieval badges, Renaissance paintings, and a video by Beyoncé reveal
At home with the Ceaușescus
The dictator and his wife lived in luxury at their Spring Palace – with a golden bathroom and the only colour TV in Romania
Britain’s most important 20th-century housing is under threat
The Alton Estate in London is at risk from proposals that will ruin the architecture and destroy social housing
What the end of net neutrality might mean for museums
The vote to repeal net neutrality in the US poses a problem for museums trying to connect with new audiences