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James Joyce walks into a bar in Zurich
At the Kronenhalle in Zurich, the writer was most likely to ask for Fendant de Sion, a wine that deserves to be much better known abroad
Fine carpets from Asia are definitely back in fashion
After a spell in the doldrums, prices for magnificent carpets from across the continent are starting to soar again
The cosmic visions of Hilma af Klint
The Swedish artist is now fêted as a pioneer of abstract art, but her spiritual inclinations are what really resonate today
Naval-gazing in Restoration England
Securing the services of Willem Van de Velde and his son was a coup for Charles II – and it put wind in the sails of England’s own maritime art tradition
The Tower of Babel now owes more to Bruegel than the Bible
When we think of the biblical folly, it’s Pieter Breugel the Elder’s painting that first comes to mind – but artists and writers are still reimagining it today
Vermeer’s very strange way of looking at things
The painter’s works invite us to marvel at the mysteries of perception – and we will never see so many of them in the same place again
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Titian
A book of original sources about the painter is a tribute to both a great artist and a great art historian
The restless side of Felix Vallotton’s sleeping woman
At the MAH in Geneva, the artist Ugo Rondinone has rehung Le Sommeil to bring its livelier side to the fore, explains curator Samuel Gross
Smooth operator – the seductive sculptures of Antonio Canova
The sculptor was regarded as too sensual by classicists and too cold by Romantics, but a more superficial look at his work suggests what he was really up to
The shuttered memories of Janet Malcolm
The attempts of the master journalist to focus on her own past are as intriguing and oblique as the rest of her work
Around the galleries in Geneva’s Old Town
At the intimate, dealer-led event known as Art en Vieille-Ville, everything from Old Masters to surreal photographs is on offer
Why is Surrealist art so popular?
Public and curatorial interest in the avant-garde movement shows no signs of abating but the market is less stable
Alfred Russel Wallace’s botanical sketches are a natural wonder
The naturalist sketched his discoveries with unmatched dedication, but was unlucky to lose so many of the original specimens at sea
The mystery of the Jackson Pollock meant for Lauren Bacall
The Hollywood superstar inspired artists of all kinds – and Rakewell sincerely hopes that Jackson Pollock was among them
The week in art news – Met’s antiquities come under closer scrutiny
Plus: Bordeaux town hall set on fire in French pension protests and Hispanic Society workers to strike indefinitely
Manet / Degas
While the two painters had little in common, this show at the Musée d’Orsay shows how they spurred one another to new heights
Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid
The Met explores the British artist’s ongoing interest in still lifes, mortality and mirroring
Dosso Dossi: The Frieze of Aeneas
The artist’s surviving Virgilian canvases are reunited at the Galleria Borghese in Rome
Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney
Our most loyal four-legged friends are the focus of this exhibition at the Wallace Collection in London
Bulls and a china shop – New York’s Asia Week sales, reviewed
An enthralling painting by M.F. Husain and the collection of retired dealers J.J. Lally & Co both played a star turn this week
In his room – the retiring art of Giorgio Morandi
A show of paintings belonging to his most important patron reflects the artist’s quietly spirited side
4 things to see this week: International Tuberculosis Day
How the deadly disease inspired generations of artists and writers
Peter Doig’s pick-and-mix approach to painting
The Courtauld’s show of recent works may be uneven but, at his best, the artist is more than capable of rubbing shoulders with the greats
When the wearing of white is a morally grey affair
The non-colour may convey notions of innocence and idealism, but it can also denote a darker side
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