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For the Loewe Foundation, there is no higher art than craft
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell whether the finalists of the annual Craft Prize are artisans aspiring to art, or artists getting crafty
What is the point of the people in architectural drawings?
An exhibition at the Soane Museum shows that technical drawings of buildings are often more complex than they may seem
Fossil fuelled – the sticky relationship between art and the oil industry
Cultural institutions are increasingly cutting ties with fossil fuel sponsors, but art and oil have long been intertwined in surprising ways
The ancient role models that inspired women after the French Revolution
In the late 1790s, modern women looking for new forms of freedom were often inspired by distant and mythical histories
Transforming the National Gallery, one painting at a time
The museum’s head of framing, Peter Schade, is quietly changing how we see some of the world’s most famous pictures
A tale of two British artists turns out to be a real whodunit
Why did Dorothy Hepworth allow her lover Patricia Preece to take the credit for her paintings? An intriguing exhibition at Charleston provides some clues
There’s more to Japan’s Arts and Crafts movement than meets the eye
In its telling of the story of the Mingei movement, the William Morris Gallery takes a refreshingly international approach
Acquisitions of the Month: April 2024
A luscious portrait by Johann Richard Seel and a magnificent bronze statue by Giambologna are among the most important works to have entered public collections last month
Kendrick, Drake and the art of the feud
The rappers remain locked in a vicious musical battle, but how does it compare with other artistic rivalries over the years?
Gustave Courbet’s ‘L’origine du monde’ spray-painted with the slogan ‘MeToo’
Plus: two Just Stop Oil protestors in their eighties attempt to break the glass protecting the Magna Carta, and 3,000-year-old gold jewellery has been stolen from Ely Museum
Géricault’s Horses
Horses were central to the painter’s art, as this show at the Musée de la Vie Romantique demonstrates
Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520–1920
A chance to see some 150 words by trailblazing artists ranging from Artemisia Gentileschi to Gwen John
Imagine Me and You: Dutch and Flemish Encounters with the Islamic World, 1450–1750
Three hundred years of cultural exchange are the focus of this show at Harvard Art Museums
Steve McQueen
An immersive installation by Steve McQueen takes over a 30,000-square-foot gallery at Dia Beacon to coincide with the institution’s 50-year anniversary
Four things to see: The passage of time
To mark the anniversary of the birth of Salvador Dalí, who played all sorts of temporal tricks in his paintings, we look at four artworks that address the forward march of time
How national is the National Gallery in London?
The museum is founded on the collection of John Julius Angerstein and, 200 years later, the banker’s taste is still making itself felt
In the studio with… Erwin Wurm
The artist finds solace in Annie Ernaux and a booming Tibetan sound bowl while working on his playful sculptures in the Austrian countryside
The ceramics at TEFAF New York are worth getting fired up about
The wares on offer at the event this month are enough to bowl over any ceramics aficionado
The dealer who got the Parisian avant-garde round to decorate
For his Paris apartment, Léonce Rosenberg commissioned works from the likes of Picabia and de Chirico, fusing modernism and classic French style
Crossed wires – the strange music of Tarek Atoui
At his best, the Beirut-born artist offers gallery-goers weird and wonderful new ways of experiencing sound
European Court of Human Rights upholds Italy’s claim to Getty’s Greek bronze
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Italy can reclaim an ancient Greek statue currently in the…
Ana Lupas – On this Side of the River Elbe
The artist’s show in Amsterdam revolves around a textile-based installation inspired by her artist friends and her Romanian heritage
Four Chicago Artists: Theodore Halkin, Evelyn Statsinger, Barbara Rossi, and Christina Ramberg
The Art Institute of Chicago is paying tribute to four pioneering artists at the centre of the city’s booming post-war cultural scene
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