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At last – a work of performance art we can all savour
Sarah Merker has just completed a remarkable ten-year quest to sample the scones at every National Trust tearoom in the country
Art of the Islamic Worlds
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston makes more room for its vast collection of objects, textiles and paintings
Pastels, from Millet to Redon
The Musée d’Orsay in Paris shows off its impressive holdings of masterworks by the likes of Millet, Degas and Mary Cassatt
Muse or Maker? Women in the Italian Art World, 1400–1800
The Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin turns its attention to the women who shaped the art of the Italian Renaissance
Kandinsky reaches new heights in London
A new record was set for the Russian painter this week while Van Gogh’s portrait of a farmworker fetched twice its estimate
4 things to see this week: International Women’s Day
Our pick of the most powerful works by women artists who have used their practices to champion greater equality
The haunted paintings of Patricia Hurl
Bold brushstrokes and strong colours add up to a powerful sense of unease in the artist’s cryptically titled portraits of modern Ireland
A Romanian Surrealist is finally fêted at home
Victor Brauner was a leading light of the Surrealist movement but, until now, he has been little known in his native country
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2023
David Bowie’s archive and the first clutch of NFTs to be acquired by a French museum are among this month’s highlights
What the art world gets wrong about craft
The growing tendency to fold 20th-century makers into the history of modern art often ignores what was truly innovative about their work
How do you solve a problem like Picasso?
While the artist’s life can pose difficulties, the Musée Picasso in Paris is finding ways to open up his work for a new generation
The market for Italian maiolica
These vivid, tin-glazed ceramics were considered fit for the pope to eat off – and can fetch princely prices today
Crowd-pleasing art in 17th-century Amsterdam
Aside from the usual refreshments, the city’s taverns offered a highly engineered form of popular entertainment
What to see at TEFAF Maastricht 2023
Highlights at this year’s edition include the marble head of a young Roman man and a bejewelled reliquary that was once owned by Charles II’s queen
What does the future hold for the antiquities trade?
A new drive to ensure that ancient objects were obtained legally is transforming the market
The sensational collections of the Sassoon family
Long after David Sassoon’s descendants had entered the highest echelons of English society, their collecting reflected the family’s ties to the Middle East, India and China
How Barbara Hepworth got into a new groove
The Palais de Danse in St Ives allowed the sculptor’s work to grow in ambition
Ukrainian modernism deserves to be understood on its own terms
The artists of Ukrainian modernism have often been miscategorised as Russian, but an exhibition of avant-garde art seeks to redress the balance
On its 300th birthday, the Belvedere reflects on a remarkably complicated past
Built as a residence for Prince Eugene of Savoy, the Vienna museum with a tangled history is now a home for Old Masters and modern art
How Spanish is the collection of the Hispanic Society?
Archer Milton Huntington’s collection forms the backbone of the Hispanic Society in New York, but is his vision a hopelessly romantic view from the past?
A Netherlandish Saint Luke dressed up to the nines
Stephan Kemperdick of Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie talks Apollo through Hugo van der Goes’s stylish depiction of the saint
The Flemish painter who was a dedicated follower of fashion
Theodoor Rombouts was a great assimilator of styles, but he was more than just another of the Caravaggisti
Joan Mitchell Foundation sends cease-and-desist to Louis Vuitton
Plus: a Spanish collector has been sentenced to prison for forging artworks and the Tate Modern has announced the next artist for the Turbine Hall commission
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