On Kawara, serial dater
Best known for the thousands of works in his ‘Date Paintings’ series, the Japanese artist has never been more of an enigma, as a pair of shows in London and Paris reveal
Best known for the thousands of works in his ‘Date Paintings’ series, the Japanese artist has never been more of an enigma, as a pair of shows in London and Paris reveal
The painter has curated a show of street scenes, by the likes of Balthus and Bacon, which suggests that the city is an isolated place
The rapid rise to fame of a baby pygmy hippopotamus in Thailand has raised concerns about her well-being – and about who will own her image rights
On hearing that Sam Mendes is set to direct four Beatles biopics – one for each band member – your roving reporter wonders if it’s all too much
At the Whitechapel Gallery, the French-Algerian unspools personal and political histories through imitation sets and empty stages
Wonders that were once prized by Renaissance princes still inspire plenty of awe
At a time when art fairs around the world are scaling back, the New York mainstay is still thinking big
Built as a residence for Prince Eugene of Savoy, the Vienna museum with a tangled history is now a home for Old Masters and modern art
Stephan Kemperdick of Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie talks Apollo through Hugo van der Goes’s stylish depiction of the saint
Tech companies have long tried to put a human face on their latest innovations, with varying degrees of success
Denis Wirth-Miller was unfairly dismissed as an imitator of his friend Francis Bacon, but it’s now clear that his detractors were wholly in the wrong
As data from NASA’s telescope is translated into images we can understand, the wonders it reveals are still out of this world
The British sculptor's monumental, minimal forms drew influence from his wide-ranging collection of ethnographic artefacts
With cracks appearing in the relationships of institutions in Nigeria, Barnaby Phillips wonders where the returned Benin Bronzes are going to end up
The painter may be fond of his iPad, but his longstanding suspicion of the technologies that have tied artists to linear perspective is to the fore here
After six years of work, the city’s most singular museum is reopening. But while it is once again filled with wonders, there are also questions to be answered
The sculptor may work with many different materials but the main ingredient in his art, he says, is time
The Transcendental Painting Group in New Mexico was sidelined for its esoteric beliefs, but its members are slowly entering the mainstream
In museums, minerals are both everyday matter and also objects of scientific interest – but they carry more intangible meanings too
The director of the Kunstmuseum Basel picks out his cultural highlights from a city in which vibrant traditions meet cosmopolitan flair