A seductive exhibition in Basel explores the variety of sexual identities, and how artists have depicted them over the centuries
Pieces in mint condition are hard to find, but it’s well worth making the effort to look for examples of work that was once prized throughout Europe
The American painter won worldwide renown for his lush landscapes, but perhaps his greatest work of art was the mansion he had built in the Hudson Valley
Andrew Durbin’s joint biography of these fascinating artists shows that each is worth a book of their own
Kevin Salatino and Mel Becker Solomon of the Art Institute of Chicago anatomise one of the Abstract Expressionist’s pastel drawings of women
The National Museum of Contemporary in Athens has had a long and troubled gestation. But under its director, Katerina Gregos, it has become one of Europe’s most exciting museums
Plus: Arts Council England publishes its new strategic framework, and the husband of slain gallerist Brent Sikkema has been convicted of murder-for-hire
Georgia O’Keeffe and Joseph Beuys are among the artists who have been fascinated by the canines, but Looney Tunes may be responsible for the most memorable coyote of them all
In praise of the artist as a flag-bearer for a particular kind of inscrutable, elegant painting
BRUSK, a new space for temporary exhibitions in Bruges, is connecting locals with the city’s rich cultural and mercantile past while keeping up with contemporary art
The National Portrait Gallery reminds us how the actor commanded the camera with seeming effortlessness – and explores her long afterlife in art
See the many ways in which artists have celebrated and subverted the Stars and Stripes over the last century and a half
Dual exhibitions at the Musée Condé explore the many ways in which le petit caporal was memorialised and his sister’s impeccable taste in art
The New York museum’s relationship with Pop art goes back to the beginning, as this exhibition attests
To mark 189 years since the death of the influential English clown Joseph Grimaldi, we look at four artworks that explore professional japery through the ages
A 17th-century fresco by Giacinto Platania in Catania’s cathedral captures an eruption that lasted for 122 days
Kane Parsons’s debut horror film takes an internet meme about unsettling, utterly mundane spaces and gives it a gothic twist
The co-founder of Old Masters gallery Lullo Pampoulides talks to Apollo about the importance of fairs, what happened after Brexit and the collapse of the mid market
The Bauhaus teacher Herbert Bayer built up an exceptional art collection, which is about to come to auction – and this minimalist drawing by Mathias Goeritz is one of its prize lots
Ana María Bresciani of the Munchmuseet explains how Edvard Munch turned the canteen of an Oslo chocolate factory into a de facto gallery of modern art
Plus: plans for President Trump’s triumphal arch have been approved; Lord Sainsbury has donated £91.2m to the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich; and the founding director of EMST in Athens has died
Blockbuster sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips for bona fide masterpieces suggest that the market may be headed upwards
When the work goes on display at the British Museum in September, visitors will have 40 minutes to look at it
This exhibition at the New York Historical argues that for all the importance of the ‘Founding Fathers’, we ought not to forget the radical contributions of the founding mothers and sisters
