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When David Hockney wrote a book arguing that many Old Master painters used optical devices, the idea was hotly debated by art historians. In 2010, he talked to Martin Gayford about his unorthodox and firmly held belief
Masterpieces by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera have a rare outing in Mexico City this summer, but their impending move to Spain has raised hackles
To mark 100 years since the death of Mary Cassatt, who rendered women’s spaces with warmth, empathy and psychological detail, we explore four mother-and-child works from very different traditions
The wine producer Ornellaia has commissioned the artist to create labels for its 2023 vintage – an apt choice, given her interest in full-bodied transformations
The Austrian museum dedicated to works on paper is celebrating its anniversary by looking back to its founders – and hatching big plans for the future
Anti-German sentiment during the First World War meant that German-born Jewish collectors such as Ludwig Mond and the Beit brothers have little name-recognition in Britain today
The New York Historical tries to picture everyday life in Dutch-owned New York, with varying degrees of success
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The plans of Berlin’s Volksbühne to install a swimming pool outside its front steps prompts Rakewell to consider other theatres that have made a feature out of water
The David Geffen Galleries are a bold answer to the problem of the ‘universal’ museum, with an emphasis on looking at the works rather than reading about them
The Courtauld’s selection of sculptures, drawings and paintings explores how deeply Hepworth thought about form, colour and space
Audiences in Paris have six weeks to catch a vivid reimagining of a crossroads in Egypt’s colonial history
Snapshots of life published in newspapers in the German capital over the last century provide revealing insights into propaganda, reportage and the art of photography itself
The Metropolitan Museum of Art suggests that musical instruments can be just as artistic as the sounds they produce
An Irish radical who had a brief stint at Roger Fry’s Omega Workshops, this talented artist emerges from a new exhibition and biography as elusive as the figures in her paintings
To mark 60 years since the death of Jean Arp, we look at four works that capture the irreverent, inventive spirit of Dada
This year’s Venice Biennale rightly gives a bigger platform to lesser-known artists. But who is collecting them?
The lives of Benedictine monks and nuns have much to teach us, if a display of medieval and contemporary art at the Sainsbury Centre is anything to go by
Lord’s is the most evocative place in English cricket – but can the art on the walls help haul it into the 21st century?
The Argentine-born pioneer of kinetic art has died at the age of 97. In 2020 he talked to Gabrielle Schwarz about his experiments in form and colour and a life devoted to trying new things
Surrealism and summer spirit are on the agenda at the fourth edition of the fine art and antiques fair in Chelsea
The National Gallery of Singapore’s show about desire in South East Asian art has managed to satisfy the censors while not shying away from the subject
The central exhibition is full of thoughtful works that call for quiet attention, but the crammed curation makes it hard to give them the time they deserve
