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At the Fondazione Prada, painting refuses to play dead
Peter Fischli has curated a show about the demise of painting – but his take is that it’s still very much alive
In the studio with… Shezad Dawood
The London-based artist increasingly works with VR technology – but his studio still smells of textiles, which remind him of his childhood
In praise of Grinling Gibbons, the wizard of woodcarving
The sculptor took Restoration England by storm with his virtuosic woodwork
Damien Hirst, new kid on the blockchain
Damien Hirst has joined the NFT funfair – and he’s even brought former Bank of England governor Mark Carney along for the ride
Liverpool loses Unesco World Heritage status
Plus: France requires vaccine passports for cultural venues and more than 1,000 Polish cultural figures criticise dismissal of museum director
Capital gains: how Gainsborough took London by storm
When the painter finally moved to the capital, he was quick to make the most of the opportunities on offer
In the studio with… Shahzia Sikander
The artist’s miniature paintings aren’t as diminutive as they may sound, but the magnifying glass attached to her worktable is still absolutely essential
Remembering Sir Nicholas Goodison (1934–2021), the City grandee with a scholar’s eye for the decorative arts
Nicholas Goodison had a distinguished career in the City – but he will also be remembered for his scholarly and philanthropic contributions to the arts
Bellotto’s views of Dresden tell a tale of two cities
Through the Italian painter’s eyes, the German city became both an idealised version of itself and a surrogate for his native Venice
The man who designed modern Britain
Tom Eckersley’s posters are rightfully regarded as masterpieces – partly because he worked with clients who were also first-rate
Lewd Louvre, porno Prado – Pornhub makes a foray into fine art
The adult streaming site Pornhub has roused some of the world’s most revered nude paintings to life in a series of graphic videos
The week in art news – Christian Boltanski (1944–2021)
Plus: Kunsthaus Zürich appoints Ann Demeester as its new director and Charlottesville takes down statue of Robert E. Lee
The late, great landscapes of Rubens, reunited at last
A pair of monumental landscapes painted in his later years offer an unusually personal glimpse of the artist himself
The cultural lives of the Neanderthals
The discovery of an engraved bone in Germany offers yet more evidence that our distant cousins were creatively minded
Talking heads: the prattling paintings of Renaissance England
Why do paintings and objects from the Tudor and Stuart periods have so much to say for themselves?
Why are painters getting pushed out of public spaces?
The privatisation of public space in UK cities means that artists are being made to feel increasingly unwelcome
For Eileen Agar, the natural world was a playground of artistic possibilities
The British artist looked to nature to provide material for her surreal creations
Will Wembley’s art trail make it any more welcoming?
An art trail at Wembley Park won’t change the behaviour of football fans – but the best works here are at least sensitive to their surroundings
The second coming of Isidore Isou
The founder of Lettrism wasn’t the only avant-garde artist with a god complex, but he may have been the most messianic
In the studio with… Do Ho Suh
For the past six years, the artist and his children have been building a magical world out of modelling clay in his London studio – but they’re running out of room
Towering over the Thames, a heavenly new home for Lambeth Palace Library
One of the world’s greatest collections of medieval manuscripts now has state-of-the-art accommodation, writes Michael Prodger
What not to miss at Monaco Art Week
Art-lovers and sun-seekers alike will find much to divert them on the Riviera this summer
In Denmark, a very silly, supersized sandcastle
The tallest sandcastle ever built towers over a seaside town – and there’s no risk of the waves washing it away
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