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Something to savour – at the new Food Museum in Suffolk
An East Anglian museum is turning its attention from the field to the table with provocative results
Will the new Burrell Collection give Glasgow global reach?
After six years of work, the city’s most singular museum is reopening. But while it is once again filled with wonders, there are also questions to be answered
Is Anna Sorokin bringing prison art back in vogue?
The scammer of the art world has now joined its ranks – but how does the work she has made in jail measure up to the great prison art of the past?
Meet Magritte – the man behind the apple
Bowler hats off to a new biography of the painter that chips away at the Belgian’s bourgeois veneer
The mountain stronghold that has kept Georgia’s medieval art safe for centuries
The Svaneti Museum of History and Ethnography is a testament to the local people’s long-standing determination to preserve their cultural heritage
In the studio with… Hulda Guzmán
The painter of fantastical jungle scenes can actually see the forest from her studio in the Dominican Republic – but she’s not afraid to use her imagination
The bawdy world of kabuki theatre
This elegant Japanese tradition with earthy origins has long provided Japanese printmakers with rewardingly risqué material
A full house of Tudors at the Holburne Museum
Seeing the National Portrait Gallery’s treasures in a new setting allows us to appreciate the larger-life-than personalities behind the paintings in new ways
Pressing the flesh – an interview with Dorothy Cross
The sculptor used to make work made out of meat, but although she now uses marble she is still fascinated by processes of decay
The well-to-do Britons who wanted to keep up with the Romans
The largest mosaic found in London in half a century offers a welcome glimpse into the home-decorating choices of aspirational Britons
Richard Gere gets in touch with his spiritual side
The film star has spoken of the spiritual qualities of the photographs in his collection, but that hasn’t stopped him from putting them up for auction
How every age has invented a Stonehenge to suit itself
The prehistoric monument may seem timeless, but enthusiasts have constantly reimagined the site to suit their own preoccupations
The deep humanity of Shirley Hughes animates every page of her work
The author of beloved books such as the ‘Alfie’ series and ‘Dogger’ simply knew how children look and act
The art of making stone look good enough to eat
Rocks that resemble food may not be appetising exactly, but they can certainly be a feast for the eyes
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2022
A remarkable Renaissance roundel from Mantua and a painting by Lavinia Fontana are among this month’s highlights
Tombstone views – picturing Gray’s ‘Elegy’
Thomas Gray’s ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ was the best-loved poem of the 18th century – and has proved a lure to illustrators ever since
‘Stand back and the hearts form constellations of sorrow’ – at the Covid memorial wall in London
The wall is an extraordinary piece of public art and grassroots activism that combines personal remembrance and political statement
Holbein’s signs and seals really deliver at the Morgan Library
By homing in on Holbein’s miniatures, this survey of the Renaissance master gives us a broad picture of the world he lived in
Why was Jacques-Louis David so determined to keep his drawings to himself?
The artist rarely showed the drawings that made his revolutionary paintings possible, but the Met is finally putting them centre stage
ARCO Madrid makes the most of having the stage to itself
While most art fairs have been postponed, the Spanish stalwart is celebrating its 40th birthday in style
Who would take on the Tate’s Rex Whistler mural?
The Tate has announced a new commission to respond to its racist mural but why would any artist accept?
Only the art world could have been fooled by Anna Sorokin for so long
The story of the scammer who passed herself off as an heiress should make for must-see television, but reality far outstrips Shonda Rhimes’s overly safe retelling
The mystery of the lost Maya sculpture
Andew James Hamilton follows the efforts to find a Maya carving that was first uncovered in 1950, but has since seemingly disappeared from view
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