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A show of pacifism at the Imperial War Museum
‘People Power: Fighting for Peace’ at the IWM London is a bold exhibition that uses individual stories to humanise major global issues
Eight art events to get to in April
Highlights include shows devoted to Botticelli, Balla, and Walker Evans, and Tate’s ‘Queer British Art’ exhibition
Hogarth’s paintings fail to go the whole hog
William Hogarth’s paintings are nowhere near as ‘Hogarthian’ as his scathing, scurrilous prints
How the Versailles of Yorkshire has been saved
The future of Wentworth Woodhouse, a preposterous yet beautiful country house near Sheffield, has been secured after decades of uncertainty
An ambitious plan to put Montpellier on the map
The city of Montpellier’s cultural plans include a new contemporary art museum headed up by Nicolas Bourriaud
Recollections of Howard Hodgkin
Howard Hodgkin’s great artistic struggle – and achievement – was to find a way of visualising memories
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
Rachel Whiteread on her publicity-hungry peers, plus the rest of the week’s art world tittle-tattle
Paula Rego shares her secrets with her son
The artist discusses love, depression, abortion and infidelity in a new documentary directed by her son
Glasgow must not forget its greatest architect
In his bicentenary year, the Scottish architect Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson should be getting more attention
The art world must do more to support experts
Now is the moment for those who lament the passing of connoisseurship to work together to encourage its revival
Is Documenta exploiting the economic crisis in Athens?
This year Documenta will be split between Kassel and Athens. Is this ‘crisis tourism’ or will it spotlight the city’s overlooked contemporary art scene?
Can L’Aquila rise from the rubble of the 2009 earthquake?
Eight years on from the earthquake that claimed 309 lives, reconstruction work is still underway, hampered by bureaucracy and corruption
Digital replicas are not soulless – they help us engage with art
Rather than seeing replicas as knock-offs, we should think of them like maps or models
‘This human act of paying attention’
Tim Etchells and Vlatka Horvat delved into the storerooms of Sheffield’s museums and discovered the joy of curating (also, a platypus)
The menacing charm of Marisa Merz
The playful sculptures and paintings of the only woman in the Arte Povera movement have a distinctly steely edge
A look back over Rodin’s rollercoaster career
The French sculptor attracted commissions and controversy in equal measure, and his reputation is constantly being reassessed
Can a long-lost Egyptian colossus save ancient Heliopolis?
A huge Egyptian statue has been unearthed in a Cairo suburb. Will the global attention it has received lead to further discoveries at the neglected site?
Turns out the American Dream is more of a nightmare
The development of American printmaking since the 1960s is seen in the context of today’s fragile political climate
The quiet revolution of British watercolours
The British watercolour tradition did not end with the death of Turner
Is museum security robust enough to counter crime and terrorism?
Cultural sites have been targeted by criminals and terrorists in recent years. How are they responding to the changing contemporary threat?
Banksy’s new art hotel offers rooms with a view
Is the street artist’s hotel in Palestine a tourist-led gimmick or a strong political statement?
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Jesus’s tomb has been restored in Jerusalem
One of the holiest sites in Christianity has reopened in time for Easter