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The forgotten father of Abstract Expressionism
His ‘white writing’ style helped shape the course of modern painting, so why isn’t Mark Tobey better known?
Eight of the wackiest biennale titles (so far)
Eight of the stranger biennial concepts of recent years
Modern masters lead the way in New York
Auction highlights this month include a Twombly masterpiece that has never appeared at auction before and a striking portrait by Picasso
Dismantling America’s monuments to white supremacy
Four Confederate monuments are to be removed from the streets of New Orleans, but their painful legacy endures
The ‘living lines’ of Paule Vézelay
She was well known in the surrealist circles of the 20th century, but Vézelay’s work has been all but forgotten since
‘Phyllida Barlow’s work has a spine-tingling force’
Entering the British Pavilion at Venice will feel like an Alice in Wonderland experience
The literary lineage of Philip Guston
Philip Guston’s engagement with literature cemented his place in the history of art
Acquisitions of the month: April 2017
The finest new additions to public art collections, from the final portrait of the 1st Duke of Wellington, to a rare Modigliani sculpture
Portland Art Museum criticised for raising money for provisional extension
Art News Daily : 8 May
The man on a mission to re-energise Murano glass
‘Letting Murano glass die is like allowing the Colosseum to collapse’
What’s coming up at the Venice Biennale?
Witches, trolls, and a version of Pinocchio are among the characters you can expect to see at this year’s event
Ed Sheeran has a Van Gogh moment
A portrait of the singer-songwriter has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in London
When artists take on the art market
Many artists are uncomfortable about the perceived excesses of the market. But can they actually do anything about it?
Early maiolica has it all – even humour
These supposedly ‘primitive’ ceramics from late medieval and early Renaissance Italy are fresh, inventive and fun
Why this fearless girl should stand her ground
New York’s famous ‘Charging Bull’ statue has company – and despite all the controversy, the new arrival has every right to be there
Michelangelo and Sebastiano’s fraught but fertile friendship
An ambitious exhibition at the National Gallery traces the productive overlaps between these two Renaissance masters
The Apollo podcast: Adam Lowe
Thomas Marks talks to the founder of the Factum Foundation about how digital technologies are conserving world heritage
When artists fall through the cracks of history
Was it concrete or Communism that caused modernist sculptor Peter Laszlo Peri’s slide into obscurity?