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Rachel Ruysch says it with flowers
The Dutch artist’s floral paintings might look merely decorative but, as curator Bernd Ebert explains, they encapsulate a world of economic and scientific change in the early modern Netherlands
Magritte’s genius bears fruit once again
As a giant green apple reappears atop the Magritte Museum in Brussels, Rakewell wonders which other artists might benefit from the super-size treatment
The long and bloody history of Smithfield Market
The recent decision to close the meat market for good marks the end of a certain idea of the City of London and perhaps even Britain’s sense of itself
The manly art of Gustave Caillebotte
The French painter was unusual among his Impressionist peers for preferring to depict men at work and at play
Dominique White plumbs the depths of history
An exhibition of work by the winner of the Max Mara Art Prize hints at the horror of the transatlantic slave trade
Is the art world sitting in the lap of luxury?
Fashion houses and other high-end brands are keener on art than ever before, but who really benefits from the relationship?
‘Somehow they seem more naked than if they were disrobed’ – John Banville on a late work by Rubens
Rubens’s technical skill and attention to detail give The Garden of Love its heightened sense of erotic potential
The wild imagination of Maurice Sendak
The true gift of the author of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ was to see the world like a child and blur the line between dreams and reality
Charles Dance, Old Master
Playing Michelangelo in a new BBC docudrama about the artist’s turbulent time in Florence, Dance delivers more than a performance – he channels the divine
In the studio with… Chrissie Hynde
The rockstar-turned-artist revels in her solitude and shuts the door to everyone except her dog when she’s in the studio – which is also her flat
On Kawara, serial dater
Best known for the thousands of works in his ‘Date Paintings’ series, the Japanese artist has never been more of an enigma, as a pair of shows in London and Paris reveal
Edgar Miller was Chicago’s answer to William Morris, so why did he fall off the map?
The graphic designer and decorative artist mastered any number of crafts and his work deserves to be much better known
Lucy McKenzie gets to grips with reality
In a major new exhibition, the artist has created a world in miniature, full of panoramic views, trompe l’oeil murals and imitations of everyday life
Pots of gold – the soaring market for Chinese ceramics
Chinese art from the 14th century onwards has long ruled the art market, but prices for work from earlier periods are catching up fast
Heralding Mouton Rothschild’s entry into the modern age
As the chateau unveils its latest wine label, Gérarde Garouste is inspired by a key figure in its recent past
In Turin, the world’s oldest Egyptian museum turns 200
Museums devoted solely to Egyptian antiquities are rare and Turin’s also tells the story of Italy’s long and complex relationship with the land of the pharaohs
The museums with naked ambitions
A series of naturist nights at a museum in Marseille is a salutary reminder that the term ‘art buff’ can have more than one meaning
Mark Bradford keeps on testing the limits of painting
In a show at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, the American artist keeps pushing at the boundaries of abstract art
The ghoulish genius of James Ensor
The painter is usually regarded as an eccentric one-off, but an anniversary season in Antwerp places him firmly among the European avant-garde
Plate expectations – a brief history of artist-designed crockery
Picasso, Lichtenstein, Emin and others have all designed plates, but treating them only as art objects ruins the fun
The Maori artist remapping New Zealand’s landscape
Cora-Allan revives traditional techniques and materials in her thoughtful meditations on the myths and history of her home country
When London had a much richer interior life
A new book by Steven Brindle lovingly catalogues the lavish interiors that could once be found in London’s grandest houses but are now lost
Tirzah Garwood in her own words
As a large exhibition of her work opens in London, this modern British artist’s autobiography makes for a colourful companion piece
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