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The unheimlich manoeuvres of Joanna Pietrowska
These photographs of domestic scenes and everyday encounters are very familiar and very unsettling
The coronation, reviewed
Amid all the pomp and the circumstance, the crowning of Charles III has much to tell us about the state of the nation
The National Gallery throws its director to the wolves
Guests at the opening of ‘Saint Francis of Assisi’ included two very fetching wolf-dogs. Rakewell regrets not making their acquaintance.
The Gwangju Biennale charts uncertain new waters
The current edition of Asia’s oldest biennial is far from perfect, though there’s a lot of very good art here
When did fashion photography stop being fun?
A trip through the Condé Nast archives now owned by François Pinault suggests that wit is no longer in vogue
4 things to see: the coronation of Charles III
From a special ointment to an Aztec stone, we have gathered together a set of essentials to get the new King through his big day
Acquisitions of the Month: April 2023
The joint acquisition of Joshua Reynolds’s ‘Portrait of Mai (Omai)’ by the National Portrait Gallery and the J. Paul Getty Museum has been confirmed
I want it all – Freddie Mercury’s collection comes under the hammer
Sotheby’s claims the rockstar was also a fervent art collector but Rakewell can’t help wonder if this is just fantasy?
Frank Auerbach faces himself
At the age of 91, the artist has produced a series of remarkable self-portraits, now on show at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert
The battle to win New York’s auction season
There’s strong competition in the Big Apple this month, with a martial portrait by Rubens and a late landscape by Henri Rousseau among the contenders
4 things to see: International Dance Day
Art and dance have been engaged in a pas de deux for centuries
In the studio with… Keith Coventry
The artist starts the day by watering the plants on his balcony from where he can watch people eating at a neighbouring restaurant
The saving of St Mary-le-Strand
Pedestrianisation means that one of London’s finest churches is now the centre of attention again
The magpie eye of Giovanni Bellini
The Musée Jacquemart-André shows that the painter was always open to new influences
Beneath the surface of Photorealism
The genre has often been dismissed as a kind of copying – but at their best, these paintings make us look again at the act of looking
Andy Warhol’s textiles are finally back in fashion
Painstaking sleuthing has tracked down the artist’s colourful commercial designs for garment manufacturers
What’s the point of studying fine art?
Enrolment in the humanities is tumbling across the United States, but the numbers for fine art are still holding up
Will Edward Bawden’s lost masterpiece ever be found?
The hunt is on for an epic mural depicting ‘Country Life in Britain’ – but chances are it’s a wild goose chase
4 things to see: Earth Day
How artists have used their practice to document climate change and reflect on our relationship to our planet
How Sarah Bernhardt stole the heart of Paris
Nobody embodied the glitz and glamour of the fin-de-siècle quite like ‘La Divine’, as a lavish show at the Petit Palais proves
Family fortunes – ‘The Rossettis’, reviewed
The Tate does a decent job of bringing the Rossetti women to the fore – but it still lets Gabriel run away with the show
Why Laurie Anderson is still looking at the world sideways
The performance artist has struck an uneasy balance between fact and fiction in her work for more than five decades
How modern artists caught the doodle bug
A compelling exhibition in Paris proves that scrawling and scribbling have long been a way for artists to let go
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The crowning glories of Westminster Abbey
With all eyes on the coronation, it’s worth remembering that the scene of the ceremony remains a work in progress