The Oslo-based artist has never shied away from explicit – or controversial – material, but it’s not just about creating a shocking scene
Plus: museum directors denounce Just Stop Oil protests, Paul Allen collection sells for more than $1.6bn, and the rest of the week’s top stories
The sale of masterpieces at Christie’s shattered records – but has it really changed the art market?
The project that launched this week is not the first to attempt cataloguing the Benin Bronzes, but it’s by far the most comprehensive
Having spent most her life serving others, Nellie Mae Rowe came to art in her retirement years and found a joyful defiance in the creation of other-worldly scenes
The Miami-based artist isn't especially keen on visitors, but he has a television and an 18th-century cooling casket to keep him company
The Arts Council’s latest funding announcement has moved money out of London, but the entire sector has a lot to worry about
The Denver Art Museum explores how Japanese women artists flew in the face of social conventions
A close friend of Victor Hugo, this painter made his own key contribution to Romanticism
The Royal Academy shines a light on the women artists who were central to the development of German Expressionism
An exhibition at Pallant House gallery explores how the South Downs have captured the imaginations of artists through the centuries
Selling a misattributed work was a ‘prank’, according to André Heller – which leads Rakewell to reflect on the real classics of the genre
The St Ives painter best known for his abstract works also created his own kind of figurative art
The artist’s drawings of women are a testament to his private proclivities. It’s no wonder he never put them on public display
Plus: Subhash Kapoor sentenced to ten years in prison, and the rest of the week’s top stories
The collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is set to be the first to break the $1bn barrier next week – though it is unlikely to be the last
The pioneer of Ethiopian modernism tells Apollo about his years in the USSR and his depictions of brightly-dressed women at market
This month’s highlights include the 18th-century Chinese jardinière that Horace Walpole famously used as a fish bowl
Lace-making is an exacting craft – and who gets to wear the results is an equally delicate matter
Curator Dany Chan takes a close look at an exquisite jade cup in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
This show in Liverpool contends that the influence of the football Casuals extended far beyond the stadiums
The Musée de Cluny in Paris explores how Toulouse became the home of a new style of sculpture and architecture
The Korean sculptor’s reconstructions of the places where he has lived get their first showing in Sydney
Modern artists used time-honoured tricks to create their mind-bending works, as this show at the Met reveals
