This exhibition at the Barbican shows that, before his untimely death in 2015, the painter captured a remarkable range of Black lives in America
To mark the 200th anniversary of the artist’s birth, a suite of his landscape studies is paired with selected watercolours at the Whitworth
The late, great singer had noble origins – and the way she negotiated the machinations of Warhol’s Factory would put most courtiers to shame
The Great Pompeii project has more than lived up to the name, but it’s now time for a period of conservation and consolidation
Though clearly influenced by Caravaggio, the Spanish painter rendered saints and sinners in a ferocious style all of his own
Rachel Cohen talks to Apollo about the reissue of ‘A Chance Meeting’, her inventive account of more than a century of artistic endeavour in the United States
The designer’s wallpaper patterns are so familiar that they’re in danger of being taken for granted – but there’s still plenty to discover if we look more closely
Tim Blanning’s masterful biography demonstrates that the despotic ruler of Saxony and Poland was rubbish at war, but had absolutely fabulous taste in art
Figurative art is on the up and up but that doesn’t mean that every painting of a person is a literal depiction
After a period of pandalessness and at the end of a momentous week in the nation’s capital, the Smithsonian National Zoo presented two new visitors from China to the public
A retrospective by the textile artist is wonderfully open to interpretation, with works so inviting you might want to throw yourself at them
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The Nelson-Atkins Museum presents recent photographic acquisitions that explore community and tradition in the United States
During Slovenia’s period of national emancipation artists absorbed influences from Western Europe while retaining a distinctive style
From colourful landscapes to quasi-cubist works, Brazilian art in the mid 20th century was full of verve
The buildings are reaching 'a worrying level of obsolescence’, writes Laurence des Cars to the French minister of culture, Rachida Dati
Artefacts looted by British soldiers from the Asante kingdom in the 19th century can now be seen in Ghana, but are loans from UK museums nearly enough?
The identity of two terracotta busts attributed to Guido Mazzoni may be up for debate, but there’s no denying the emotional possibilities of the material in which they’re made
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan’s exhibition about the capital’s lost green spaces yields a rich crop of curiosities
The film-maker was always an original but what makes his work unforgettable – and inspiring to other artists – is its radical sincerity
Works from diverse periods, schools and places rub shoulders at the long-running Brussels event and help keep things fresh
In his memoir, the Pope praises masterpieces of Italian neorealism by Vittorio De Sica and Roberto Rossellini – and defends Fellini with some assistance from Pasolini
Plus: Des Moines Art Center settles with land artist Mary Miss | Martina Droth is the new director of the Yale Center for British Art | Bonnie Brennan is the new CEO of Christies
The scholar’s meticulously preserved apartment in Rome testifies to his passion for all things 19th century, and to how he treated collecting as a form of memoir
