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What do museums really think about climate protests?
The targeting of well-known artworks for shock value puts institutions in a bind. Should they engage with the protestors, or are they turning away from the issues being raised?
The animal instincts of Jacopo Bassano
In his striking pastoral and biblical scenes, the 16th-century Venetian painter turned beasts into sensitive protagonists
‘I like to capture primal sorts of things’ – an interview with Jeff Wall
The Canadian artist is best known for his large, tableau-like photographs. In a year of several international exhibitions, he talks Craig Burnett through the complex process of making them
Cutting and pasting through the ages
A new history of collage around the world is at its best when revaluing the work of women, writes Samuel Reilly
Magritte painting sells for $121m – highest sum ever for a Surrealist work
Plus: UNESCO places 34 sites in Lebanon under ‘enhanced protection’; Berlin to cut its arts budget by €130m; and an armed heist at the Musée Cognacq-Jay
Julie Mehretu: A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory
The first exhibition in Australia dedicated to the abstract artist shows work from the 1990s to now
Keeping Time: Clocks by Boulle
Ornate timepieces designed by the Sun King’s favourite craftsman go on show at the Wallace Collection
Rachel Ruysch: Nature Into Art
The Dutch artist populated her floral still lifes with beetles, butterflies, classical sculptures and other unexpected details
Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation
The Mexican artist drew on Surrealist and cubist influences as well as on the ancient and contemporary art of his home country
Art that’s good enough to eat
The $6m acquisition at auction of a Maurizio Cattelan banana has been widely mocked, but perhaps the buyer’s intention to eat his purchase is a noble one
The wizard of a painter who created the world of Oz
As the creator of the backdrops for some of the most beloved Hollywood films, George Gibson has a claim to being one of the most influential artists of his time
Exhibition of the Year
‘Ethiopia at the Crossroads’ at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Book of the Year
‘The Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art’ by Susan Owens
The man with the fantastic light machines
In designing his eccentric inventions, the mid-century artist Thomas Wilfred created a whole new genre of art, the influence of which can still be felt today
Acquisitions of the month: October 2024
A massive bequest of Old Masters and a huge painting of a procession of giants are among the most important works to have entered museum collections recently
The intensely felt art of Elisabeth Frink
From her early associations with the ‘Geometry of Fear’ school of sculpture, Frink went on to evoke any number of strong emotions
Style and substance – in defence of trompe l’oeil
The genre has often been seen as shallow, but the best examples display philosophical depth as well as technical flair
At the world’s northernmost medieval cathedral, religious art takes an agnostic turn
A collage series by Håkon Bleken in Nidaros Cathedral meditates on Christian imagery as well as the traumas of Norwegian history
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