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Spring Evening, Akerhus Fortress (1913), Harald Sohlberg.

The landscape painters who invented Norway

Harald Sohlberg and Edvard Munch inherited a lively tradition that helped define the new nation

4 May 2019
Turner Contemporary, Margate, photo: Carlos Dominquez

Turner Prize cuts ties with Stagecoach

Art news daily : 3 May

3 May 2019
Left: Madonna with the Laughing Child (c. 1472), attrib. Leonardo da Vinci. Photo: © Victorian and Albert Museum, London. Right: Bust of a Lady (Lady with Flowers) (c. 1475), Andrea del Verrocchio. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. Photo: Giovanni Martellucci

Andrea del Verrocchio steps out of the shadow of his star pupil

The Florentine master, who took Leonardo as an apprentice, was perhaps the most influential artist of his day

3 May 2019

Oil slick – the smooth dealings of Calouste Gulbenkian

Where both petroleum and art were concerned, the 20th-century tycoon positioned himself for rich pickings

Jayne Wrightsman, photographed by Cecil Beaton for Vogue in 1963.

‘Wrightsman quality’ – a tribute to Jayne Wrightsman

The collector’s gifts of important Old Masters and outstanding French furniture transformed the Met

2 May 2019
Turner Contemporary in Margate.
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian at the opening of her exhibition at The Third Line, Dubai, in March 2013.

‘Hers was a life of adventure, wonder, separation and survival’ – on Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian

The Iranian artist’s distinctive mirror and glass sculptures were inspired by the architecture of her native country

1 May 2019
Untitled (1950–55), Seydou Keïta.

Frieze, 1–54, and more – what’s in store in New York this month

A large slice of the Big Apple is given over to the two contemporary art fairs this May

1 May 2019
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, early on April 16, 2019.
Comptoir amoncellement (Laden Counter) (1968), Jean Dubuffet. Pace Gallery (price on application) Photo: Tom Barrett; © 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Galleries and collectors flock to TEFAF New York Spring 2019

The fair at the Park Avenue Armory focuses on modern and contemporary art and design

30 Apr 2019
Ben Vickers

The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Ben Vickers

The Serpentine’s Chief Technology Officer talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about Bitcoin, Benedictine monks and more

30 Apr 2019
Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (detail; 1903–05), C.E. Kempe & Co.

Charles Eamer Kempe – the stained-glass designer who kitted out England’s churches

His opulent style is a staple of Victorian churches and cathedrals – but it should be seen in a wider European context

30 Apr 2019
A rendering of the previous design for the Holocaust memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens, by Adjaye Associates, Ron Arad and Gustafson Porter + Bowman.
‘Papillon’ ring designed by G (Glenn Spiro).

Magpies, rejoice – the V&A has revamped its jewellery gallery

There’s something for everyone among the 3,500 pieces on display, spanning three millennia of European design

29 Apr 2019

The creative confessions of Anthony Scaramucci

The former director of communications at the White House isn’t a fan of contemporary art. At least he’s honest about it!

28 Apr 2019

Rooting around in Richter’s rubbish

A man has been fined for stealing from Gerhard Richter’s recycling bin. Honest, officer, I was trying to clear the paper off the street!

28 Apr 2019
Back cover for ’The Portable Hairy Who!’ (1966), Karl Wirsum.

Cartoons and camaraderie – the Chicago Imagists, reviewed

In the 1960s and ’70s Chicago was the home of a movement that gleefully broke all the rules of good taste

27 Apr 2019
Architecture of Density #119, (2009), Michael Wolf, courtesy Flowers Gallery; © Michael Wolf

Michael Wolf (1954–2019)

Art news daily: 26 April

26 Apr 2019
© Gerhard Richter 2018 (28112018)

Gerhard Richter, Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt put on a show

Their joint commission for the Shed includes choirs, orchestras and lots of colour – but is it smaller than the sum of its parts?

26 Apr 2019
Proposed North Façade entrance and forecourt by Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell
Billboard poster for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin, spring 2019.

Boris Johnson and the Backstreet Boys – Berlin’s take on Brexit

From political billboards to karaoke-fuelled performance art, Brexit is a looming presence in the city

25 Apr 2019
Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea (detail; 1958), H.C. Westermann. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

H.C. Westermann’s sinister visions of post-war America

His experiences as a marine gunner in the Second World War and Korea made a lasting impact on Westermann’s art

25 Apr 2019
The Warburg Institute in London.

Warburg Institute plans £14.5m expansion

Art news daily: 24 April

24 Apr 2019
100 Hand-drawn maps of my country, India (2014), Shilpa Gupta. Galleria Continua.

A new home for South Asian art in Dubai

The Ishara Art Foundation opened its doors last month with a show exploring boundaries and belonging

24 Apr 2019