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The BBC’s ‘Civilisation’ reboot is fixed firmly in the present
The update of Kenneth Clark’s landmark series takes a more questioning approach to art history
Charles I, the connoisseur king
His political judgements may have been poor, but Charles I’s art collection was first rate
Sondra Perry: Typhoon Coming On
Performances and new media works exploring racial identity and power structures in a digital age
Light, fire and smoke – an interview with Anthony McCall
Anthony McCall talks about sculpting with materials such as light and fire – on view in Wakefield and London
The Catholic chapel that cost Eton one pound
An early 20th-century copy of a baroque chapel has been restored to its former glory
Reconstructing ancient Rome
An extraordinarily ambitious attempt to map the city will set off as many arguments as it solves
‘This exhibition is about forces enacted on the body’
George Henry Longly discusses his exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, which features eight Japanese armours
Bock and Clark share a sensitive approach to their subjects
At the Ikon Gallery, two very different artists approach their subjects with remarkable empathy
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Correcting Jasper Johns, Tory fossils, artists as cheeses, and, erm, a couple of cats stories
‘Tell me who Kandinsky is’: T.S. Eliot among the artists
Can T.S. Eliot’s poetic experiments be read alongside parallel developments in the visual arts? And how much has he influenced artists?
Milan’s modern masters enchant at the Estorick
The Pinacoteca di Brera’s overlooked collection of modern Italian art gets a welcome outing in London
Face to face with the Gurlitt hoard
The paintings that Cornelius Gurlitt, son of a Third Reich art dealer, kept hidden for decades are now out in the open – so what happens next?
‘There is an element of optimism in my work’
Rasheed Araeen talks to Apollo about six-decades of making visually arresting and politically engaged art
‘A visceral assault on the senses’
Bridget Riley’s monumental abstract paintings are as mysterious as they are mesmerising
R.B. Kitaj in his own words
The painter’s posthumously published memoir is a candid record of his obsessions
‘This is a book about a man who painted, not about the paintings he made’
A new biography of Renoir emphasises the role the painter’s domestic life played in his work
How the Bayeux Tapestry had Twitter in stitches
The proposed loan of the Bayeux Tapestry has made for some, erm, creative threads on social media
The patient precision of Neville Gabie
The South African artist has made a virtue of taking his time to make slow but rewarding films and performance pieces
The art of advertising
A museum retrospective charts James Rosenquist’s journey from billboard painter to Pop art pioneer
Can commercial galleries thrive outside major market centres?
More contemporary galleries than ever are opening regional outposts, or moving out of London altogether
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Should Britain stop building museums?
A recent government report says it should – but with limited public funding available, can Britain’s existing museums grow?