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Weird Barbies and other unheavenly bodies – Anu Poder at the Muzeum Susch, reviewed
The Estonian artist stretched materials to their limit to create wonderfully distressed and disturbing sculptures
BRAFA marks the centenary of the birth of Surrealism
This year’s edition of the Brussels fair is full of dreamlike offerings from new exhibitors and stalwarts of the event alike
Getting the hump – the fine art of feasting in the Arab world
What constitutes a delicacy has changed over the centuries, but dining on camel is still a rare luxury
French art deco is still in the ascendant in New York
After a mid-century dip in enthusiasm, the demand for exceptional pieces of design seems irrepressible
How Harriet Backer worked wonders in Norway
The painter is in no need of rediscovery at home, but her painstaking depictions of everyday life deserve to be better known abroad
Whose imperial majesty? – ‘South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain’ at the MK Gallery, reviewed
When it comes to miniatures, size doesn’t matter, but a show of historic and contemporary works should spark a bigger colonial conversation
The V&A is a much better home for this medieval sculpture than the Met
A 12th-century walrus ivory will head to the Met unless a UK institution can find £2m by February – but the sculpture really should stay where it is
Succession sparks a bidding war
Fancy Kendall’s Zippo, or one of Shiv’s suits? Now’s your chance, with HBO auctioning off the Roy family’s paraphernalia
What do English country houses tell us about the state of the nation?
Stephanie Barczewski’s book considers how stately homes have evolved according to the needs of their owners and wider changes in society
The finest hours of Catherine of Cleves
Diane Wolfthal discusses the dizzying visions of heaven and hell to be found in a medieval prayer book at the Morgan Library
The Olympic Games, a city built on sand, and a painful divorce – the year ahead in architecture
With Paris preparing to play host, Neom remaining elusive and London landmarks undergoing major changes, 2024 will be nothing if not interesting
Rocks of all ages: a guide to collecting marble, reviewed
Jan Christian Sepp’s guide to the visual and geological properties of marble will whet the appetite of the modern readers too
All at sea – the anxious mariners of Marsden Hartley
A briny, brawny late work by Maine’s favourite modernist finds strength in stoic silence
The Victorian chapel designed by a high priest of colour
William Burges’s transformation of the chapel of Worcester College in Oxford doubles as an all-out assault on the senses and a scathing critique of the previous architect
Are the British Museum and BP made for each other?
As two British multinationals with deep imperial roots and interim CEOs partner for another ten years, perhaps birds of a feather are merely flocking together
A collector with a nose for fine wine and fine art
Henning Hoesch is a winemaker with a habit of making distinctions that extends to his collection of Old Master drawings
The museum openings not to miss in 2024
Notre Dame is to reopen, the Frick Collection is returning to Fifth Avenue and Scotland celebrates a pair of new or improved institutions
‘He made visible the invisible forces that govern the universe’ – a tribute to Giovanni Anselmo (1934–2023)
A leading member of the Arte Povera movement, the artist stood out among his peers for his wit, imagination and interest in elemental forces
The birth of Impressionism and the centenary of Surrealism – major art anniversaries in 2024
The marking of two seminal movements and a year-long celebration of Caspar David Friedrich combine scholarly heft with popular appeal
The fearless gaze of Agnès Varda
An exhibition at the Cinémathèque française doesn’t shy away from the film-maker’s political side
The passion projects of Dorothy Iannone
Work by the artist who painted herself as a sex goddess sits uneasily within the category of feminist art – and is all the better for being discomforting
Unfolding the origins of an Ethiopian icon
Christine Sciacca of the Walters Art Museum explains how a processional icon of surprisingly modern design was made and what it means
Arty films to look out for in 2024
New features by Steve McQueen, Kelly Reichardt and Joshua Oppenheimer will give art lovers plenty to get excited about
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Can UK museums still charge for images of artworks?
The Court of Appeal’s recent ruling in a copyright case has caused a good deal of excitement, but its relevance to reproductions of artworks remains to be seen