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A home for empathy and artists, in a former socialist-realist district of Cracow
Utopia Home – International Empathy Centre will provide a place of interaction, exchange and community for the artists and residents of Cracow in Poland
Australian art that doesn’t beat about the bush – The National 2021, reviewed
A survey of new Australian art presents a planet in crisis – but it’s more uplifting than it sounds
For Etel Adnan, a show in Turkey is a symbolic homecoming
A retrospective at the Pera Museum in Istanbul demonstrates the vast geographic sweep of the Lebanese-American artist’s work and biography – including her Ottoman roots
Rankin’s Great British Photography Challenge is too polite for its own good
The TV competition series is billed as a ‘masterclass’ – and none of the contestants will be booted off until the finale. Where’s the fun in that?
‘The greatest story of gluttony’ – on the genius of Eric Carle, creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The much-loved author cut his teeth on illustrations for medical ad campaigns – which proved ideal training for the world of children’s books
Do artists dress to impress?
In ‘What Artists Wear’, Charlie Porter casts an eye over the wardrobe choices of everyone from Barbara Hepworth to Jean-Michel Basquiat
All art is for children – and great art can make children of us all
Modern masters from Joseph Cornell to Paul Klee have produced works expressly for children, writes Ben Street – but perhaps all great art is a type of child’s play?
In the studio with… Sheila Hicks
When the weather permits, the artist builds her textile sculptures in the cobblestone courtyard of her studio in the heart of Paris
John Craxton was a great artist – but his real talent was for living life to the full
A new biography of the British painter has a fine sense of his precocious talent – and real feeling for his rakish charm
The Martian landscape is magical but mundane – though it would be a mistake to start taking it for granted
Mars has never seemed closer, with rovers spamming us with photos from its surface
The week in art news – Laurence des Cars becomes first woman to lead Louvre
Plus: chairs of the National Gallery and the National Trust resign; and more stories
Offices have become museum pieces – in the case of Stephen Hawking’s, literally
The contents of the late scientist’s office are heading to the Science Museum in London – and it’s not the first workspace to be preserved in this way
On the Grand Canal, this crumbling Venetian palazzo has been given a new lease of life
The Palazzo Vendramin Grimani has opened with a display that reunites some of the paintings it was once home to – plus a helping of contemporary art
Raising the curtain on early Klimt
An early commission by the painter for a public theatre in Rijeka is the subject of a major display in the city this summer
Is the ‘arm’s-length’ principle under threat in UK museums?
With the government waging its ‘culture war’, the independence of national museums is at stake, write Chris Smith and Margot Finn
Down the rabbit hole at LACMA
A temporary display of the museum’s collection telescopes time and space to group objects thematically – but is this a productive path to follow?
The heist at Arundel Castle means a heartbreaking loss of heritage
Stolen objects include the rosary that Mary, Queen of Scots took to her execution
In the studio with… Samson Kambalu
At Modern Art Oxford, the artist has set the stage for a ceremony initiating visitors into a utopian world of racial justice
A masterpiece of Roman design, rediscovered in Nicaragua
Long thought lost by scholars, a spectacular silver gilt monstrance by Luigi Valadier has now been tracked down to a Central American basilica
Mock turtle soup in the museum
Heston Blumenthal’s homage to the famous dish is served up in the V&A’s Alice in Wonderland show
The week in art news – in Oxford, Rhodes won’t fall after all
Oriel College, Oxford has decided not to remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes – the imperialist businessman, politician and philanthropist…
Art Basel Hong Kong remains defiant in the face of upheaval
The fair’s organisers are optimistic that Hong Kong can remain an international art hub despite political turmoil in the city
After playing Turner and Lowry, now Timothy Spall has taken up painting for real
Having picked up the paintbrush for film roles, the actor found that he couldn’t stop painting – and he now has a solo show of his own
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