While Britain was no less affected by the disease than the United States, the response of its gay artists at the start of the crisis was provocatively distinct
When it comes to gold-ground paintings from Italy, condition is everything and the older the work, the better
Contemporary artists are looking to geological forms less for aesthetic cues than for perspective on time, place and human agency
A menu designed to accompany the gallery’s survey of the artist pays homage to the flavours of Provence, but doesn’t quite live up to the works on show
Other European dynasties of the period had equally thriving court cultures, but none has had such a hold on the popular imagination
Tanya Harrod’s biography of the unfairly neglected painter champions his scenes of London working-class life
Few 18th-century painters were more enthusiastic about embracing English literature than the Swiss-born artist
The Polish artist sometimes worked at a monumental scale, but her most impressive works are less about the size than the power of their expression
Unused postcards may seem like a blast from the past, but they can still send a powerful message
A display in Vienna charts the history of one of the world’s first public museums
Contemporary artists explore the fearful potential of architecture at Ikon gallery in Birmingham
The American abstract painter’s soak-stain canvases and vivid works on paper get their first showing in Germany for more than 20 years
The Met celebrates the inventiveness with which ancient Maya artists depicted the life cycles of their gods
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Phrygian cap or pussy hat? The mascot for the 2024 Paris Olympics seems to be making a bid for freedom
Donatello: the Renaissance Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence 19 March–31 July With some 130 works, this was an unprecedented and probably never-to-be-repeated presentation of the Renaissance master. Sculptures, paintings and drawings from more than 50 museums across the world, including many never lent before, were shown alongside the famous works held in […]
Apollo’s longer selection of the year’s most important museum acquisitions will be published in the January 2023 issue British Museum More than 300 Chinese works from the collection of Joseph Hotung Joseph Hotung’s name has been attached to the British Museum’s Chinese and South Asian antiquities since he donated millions for its renovation back in 1992. […]
ArtCentrica Founded in March by Florentine digital-imaging company Centrica, this start-up is seeking to transform the way that art is taught in schools and universities. With more than 6,000 works, which trace the story of art from Ancient Egypt to the present, the software provides a one-stop shop for teachers and students. Ars Publicata Launched […]
Francis Alÿs Francis Alÿs’s projects spanning installation, video, painting, and drawing pursue anthropological and geopolitical concerns by sending up the rituals of everyday life. The Nature of the Game, the artist’s presentation for Belgium’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale, demonstrated the disruptive, often transformative, quality of games in short films and small-scale paintings depicting scenes […]
Bibliothèque nationale de France – Richelieu, Paris Reopened September 2022 After a 12-year, €250m restoration of the 18th-century site, the museum now displays 900 objects (out of a collection of some 40 million). Literary attractions include Victor Hugo’s manuscripts and a copy of In Search of Lost Time marked up by Proust, as well as […]
An illuminating exhibition in Vienna explores how artists from the Greeks on have revelled in rivalries
The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV’s France Meredith Martin and Gillian Weiss Getty Research Institute By looking at paintings, prints, medals, sculptures and ship designs – some of which have never been published before – this ground-breaking study leaves Versailles for the docks of Marseille, where the French […]
Ayo Akingbade’s new short film, set in the first Guinness factory to be built outside of the UK and Ireland, reveals a troubling story of labour and power
The curator Andrew Bonacina explains why Gwen John’s obsessive approach to portraiture became the starting point for a group show at Michael Werner gallery in London
