Though its popularity abroad has waned, British art of the 1940s and ’50s is still highly sought after at home
The painter has curated a show of street scenes, by the likes of Balthus and Bacon, which suggests that the city is an isolated place
Young artists and designers turned the city into a hive of creativity in the late 19th century – and their spirit can still be felt today
Lucy Ellmann is troubled by an eerily realistic 19th-century painting of a cat behind bars
Hearing that the gallery is no longer hosting its usual bacchanal at Art Basel Miami Beach this year, Rakewell wonders whether White Cube has gone square
Plus: Italian police uncover a pan-European network of art forgers; and the British Museum receives a gift of Chinese ceramics worth £1bn
The decade is captured in all its turbulence in this searching show at Tate Britain
Pudding has always been a sweet distraction, but as this exhibition in The Hague reveals, a little sugar brings a darker side to dessert
The Czech writer’s work, life and cultural afterlife are the focus of this show at the Morgan Library & Museum
A chance to get acquainted with the work of this long-neglected artist at Dulwich Picture Gallery
The museum holds the world’s largest collection of Japanese art outside Japan itself – and now has suitably meditative spaces to match
A show of photographs and Pop art-inspired prints by Corita Kent displays the artist’s fun side but plays down her political fervour
The replacement of Boswell’s department store with a luxury hotel is part of a beautification process that has gathered pace in recent years
Plus: Art Basel reported to be in talks to run Abu Dhabi Art; Ashmolean acquires rare work by Fra Angelico; and Daniel Spoerri (1930–2024)
North-eastern France contains the largest number of war memorials in the country and a museum in Meaux is making an unusual new contribution
The language we use to describe the sweet course at the end of a meal is more revealing than we think
A glittering show at the Brooklyn Museum explores the many roles and forms of the precious metal – and explores the darker side of its production
In 18th- and 19th-century France, wallpapering was a sticky business – but the results really made an impression, as this show in Rhode Island makes clear
Sculptures, paintings, collages and videos by the intrepid American artist demonstrate her lifelong interest in light, motion and myth
This exhibition in Madrid dedicated to a pioneer of the Blue Rider movement presents her experiments in form, light and colour
A prize-winning documentary about France’s return of 26 looted objects from Benin is a haunting tale
On the 350th anniversary of the death of John Milton, we examine four artworks that explore themes of desire, temptation, rebellion and loss
The artist’s depictions of life in West Germany after the war are playful in form but deeply sarcastic under the surface
Photography largely wiped out the trend for miniatures, but the genre still says much about how we relate to images today
