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The Glitter and Poison of the Twenties: George Grosz in Berlin
The German artist’s visceral satires of 1920s Berlin go on show in Stuttgart
‘I think I’ll have to keep tearing bodies apart’ – an interview with Vanessa Baird
The Oslo-based artist has never shied away from explicit – or controversial – material, but it’s not just about creating a shocking scene
The week in art news – Mark Hallett named director of the Courtauld
Plus: museum directors denounce Just Stop Oil protests, Paul Allen collection sells for more than $1.6bn, and the rest of the week’s top stories
The first billion-dollar auction? Plus ça change…
The sale of masterpieces at Christie’s shattered records – but has it really changed the art market?
The really radical work of Nellie Mae Rowe
Having spent most her life serving others, Nellie Mae Rowe came to art in her retirement years and found a joyful defiance in the creation of other-worldly scenes
In the studio with… Hernan Bas
The Miami-based artist isn’t especially keen on visitors, but he has a television and an 18th-century cooling casket to keep him company
For the arts in England, levelling up feels a lot like levelling down
The Arts Council’s latest funding announcement has moved money out of London, but the entire sector has a lot to worry about
Her Brush: Japanese Women Artists from the Fong-Johnstone Collection
The Denver Art Museum explores how Japanese women artists flew in the face of social conventions
Louis Boulanger, Painter of Dreams
A close friend of Victor Hugo, this painter made his own key contribution to Romanticism
Making Modernism: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Käthe Kollwitz, Gabriele Münter and Marianne Werefkin
The Royal Academy shines a light on the women artists who were central to the development of German Expressionism
Sussex Landscape: Chalk, Wood and Water
An exhibition at Pallant House gallery explores how the South Downs have captured the imaginations of artists through the centuries
How does a ‘prank’ Basquiat measure up to the great art-world hoaxes?
Selling a misattributed work was a ‘prank’, according to André Heller – which leads Rakewell to reflect on the real classics of the genre
How Roger Hilton played fast and loose with the human form
The St Ives painter best known for his abstract works also created his own kind of figurative art
The fetishistic side of Henry Fuseli
The artist’s drawings of women are a testament to his private proclivities. It’s no wonder he never put them on public display
The week in art news – Arts Council England announces its national funding portfolio
Plus: Subhash Kapoor sentenced to ten years in prison, and the rest of the week’s top stories
Auction highlights – Christie’s first billion-dollar sale
The collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is set to be the first to break the $1bn barrier next week – though it is unlikely to be the last
Tadesse Mesfin’s beaming visions of Ethiopia are pure joy
The pioneer of Ethiopian modernism tells Apollo about his years in the USSR and his depictions of brightly-dressed women at market
Acquisitions of the Month: October 2022
This month’s highlights include the 18th-century Chinese jardinière that Horace Walpole famously used as a fish bowl
On point – the wearing of lace has always been tied up with social status
Lace-making is an exacting craft – and who gets to wear the results is an equally delicate matter
Chasing the dragons – the art of ritual in ancient China
Curator Dany Chan takes a close look at an exquisite jade cup in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Art of the Terraces
This show in Liverpool contends that the influence of the football Casuals extended far beyond the stadiums
Toulouse 1300–1400: The Emergence of Southern Gothic
The Musée de Cluny in Paris explores how Toulouse became the home of a new style of sculpture and architecture
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Digital Benin opens a new chapter in the restitution saga
The project that launched this week is not the first to attempt cataloguing the Benin Bronzes, but it’s by far the most comprehensive