The sculptures of Conrad Shawcross, several of which are installed in vineyards around the world, have a clear affinity with the craft of wine-making
Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth are ever in demand, but the market for their lesser-known contemporaries is growing too
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The news that the artist has reunited with Gagosian after four years in the wilderness prompts Rakewell to ponder art about returning home
The turn of the century brought with it a new wave of haunting approaches to art, literature, philosophy and more
The South African artist’s 70th birthday is marked by an exhibition in Essen that covers the full sweep of his career
People in the Middle Ages travelled for many different reasons – and in many different ways – as these illuminated manuscripts attest
In her large-scale canvases, the artist combines the floridity of rococo painting with a very modern mode of abstraction
The artist and occultist’s rapturous account of her travels around Ireland give a glimpse into her surreal view of the world
Collectors of ceramics marking great battles, royal weddings and even Acts of Parliament are rare but dedicated
The Californian artist made a splash in the 1960s, but withdrew from the commercial art world to devote himself to Zen Buddhism
The decision to demolish Grenfell Tower – where 72 people died in a fire in 2017 – is inevitably controversial, but the process of doing so will be unusually considered
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The French artist believed in his paintings being stylistically uniform and infinitely replicable – an idea that, a century on, has not done him any favours
Artworks made from the rapper’s discarded blunts has soared at auction, reminding Rakewell of the ties between smoking and art history
The artist’s vividly illustrated hand-printed books are the focus of this show at the Yale Center for British Art
This painter of enigmatic outdoor scenes and domestic interiors gets her first European retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag – and is still active at the age of 98
A range of arresting works by the pre-eminent artists of the Edo period go on display at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles
Dozens of paintings from the heyday of Spanish colonial art go on display at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin
The Art Students League of New York has trained many a great painter and is still going strong on its 150th anniversary
The elaborately decorated art that emerged from Central and South America during the Spanish colonial period is gaining traction in the market
The Irish castle owned by the Dukes of Devonshire has had its fair share of vicissitudes, from sieges to extensive redecorations
The artist has built a full-size fish and chip shop entirely out of felt – and the results look good enough to eat
The vast Cinecittà film studio complex had such an influence on cinema it came to be known as ‘Hollywood on the Tiber’
