At his best, the Beirut-born artist offers gallery-goers weird and wonderful new ways of experiencing sound
The Pontiff touched down in Venice this week, but God knows what he thought of the art on display at the Biennale’s Vatican pavilion
If sales so far this year are anything to go by, the high-profile auctions taking place this month may not bring much excitement
Juxtaposing the Nobel Prize-winner’s writing with images of daily life shows that images can be read as well as looked at
In the first half of the 15th century, artists drew on the Northern and Italian Renaissances to create a distinctly French cultural flowering
Karlo Kacharava was only 30 when he died in 1984. In Georgia, he is regarded as a one-man avant-garde and his work is now being acclaimed abroad
This year’s laudably international line-up gives plenty of space to photography, performance and video
The Italian designer’s pared-back approach to craftsmanship always prized the practical over the pretty
The maestro’s first contract with FC Barcelona, written on a napkin, has been withdrawn from auction after a dispute between his current and former agents
As the painter becomes older, the topsy-turvy figures that populate his invigorating canvases are becoming more skeletal
Part biographical survey, part crash-course in Lacanian thought, an exhibition about the psychoanalyst’s links to art could do with a sharper focus
Maarten van Heemskerck’s expert renderings of Rome inspired his countrymen to see the city for themselves
Though some regard it as provocative, it’s fairer to say that the museum’s sprucing-up of its paintings galleries is thought-provoking
The writer’s survey of interwar architecture is a monumental achievement that reminds us that modernism was only part of the 20th-century story
The out-lettuced PM has little time for culture in her memoir-cum-manifesto – unlike her Establishment enemy, the Bank of England
An exhibition in Antwerp celebrates the Belgian painter’s cosmic canvases – but it’s the 15th-century artworks hanging nearby that really put his achievements into perspective
The founding father who was careful to cultivate his public image is played with gusto by Michael Douglas in a new TV biopic
Artists over the centuries have often depicted women as mothers, but where are all the deadbeat dads?
For the Scottish painter, the line between figures and their surroundings can be intriguingly blurry
Now 20 years old, the country house museum in Warwickshire has developed a distinctive approach to collecting – and it’s paying off handsomely
Immersive and interactive exhibitions can be uncomfortable for neurodivergent visitors, but if galleries made more of an effort, everyone would benefit
The institution’s unravelling of its involvement with empire is very welcome, but has ‘Entangled Pasts’ bitten off more than one exhibition can chew?
Can four high-priced works of art help conserve marine life? The Canadian film-maker certainly thinks so
Plus: Endeavor, the owner of Frieze, goes private for $13bn; and Kim Conaty is the Whitney’s new chief curator
