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Women looking at men looking at them – at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle
Paintings from the museum’s founding collection show the unsettling ways in which men have often represented women
What not to miss at the winter edition of London Art Week
Highlights of the artworks and exhibitions on show in Mayfair and St James’s this year
Pattern and Decoration – the movement that made a leitmotif of light motif
Embracing polka dot, patchwork and plenty of colour, P&D artists set out to challenge the norms of good taste
Going concerns? The Victorian market halls of Horace Jones
Once feted for infrastructure projects in London, the architect is now better known for designing Tower Bridge and Leadenhall and Smithfield markets
‘He kicked open the doors of Society just as Sixties London began to swing’ – a tribute to Terry O’Neill
The late photographer shot some of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, from Winston Churchill to David Bowie
Could national museums in the UK do more to be truly national?
Are the largely London-based institutions funded by central government doing enough to share their collections and expertise with the rest of the country?
‘Sugar paste is very fine, finer than porcelain’ – the art of historical banquets
The food historian Ivan Day talks about the historical table settings he has recreated for an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum
The Peabody Essex Museum makes a bigger splash in Salem
Thanks to the town’s seafaring merchants, the museum has one of the world’s best collections of maritime and Asian art – and a whole new wing for its display
Sister act – Plautilla Nelli and the painter nuns of 16th-century Florence
The Dominican nun led a flourishing workshop in the convent of Santa Caterina – as her recently restored Last Supper shows
London calling – Orazio Gentileschi’s The Finding of Moses at the court of Charles I
The National Gallery is raising funds to purchase Orazio Gentileschi’s biblical scene – once a prized possession of Queen Henrietta Maria
Feats of clay – a very personal collection of studio ceramics comes to auction
The late dealer Peter Dingley’s collection of pottery, by luminaries such as Bernard Leach and Lucie Rie, is testament to his friendships with their makers
Rock stars – the Indigenous artists inspired by Uluru
A recent ban on climbing the sacred rock in Australia’s ‘red centre’ was celebrated with singing and dancing. What other forms of art have emerged from the site?
An outstanding Hammershøi painting goes under the hammer at Bruun Rasmussen
In advance of their sale later this month, two representatives from Scandinavia’s leading auction house discuss the timeless qualities of the modern Danish master
From cinemas to service stations – the modernist marvels of Eritrea
The buildings erected in Asmara during Italian rule are remarkably forward-looking – and should not be allowed to crumble
‘My work often has an element of humour – but it’s not particularly funny’ – an interview with Keith Coventry
The artist explains how his new lollipop-stick collages connect Pop art, Bauhaus, and ancient Athenian comedy
‘The way I start a piece is that the materials turn me on’ – an interview with Betye Saar
The artist discusses her stereotype-busting sculptures, and explains why major shows in Los Angeles and New York are ‘just another gig’
How Rembrandt made great strides in his home town
Child prodigy he was not – but works from the painter’s youth in Leiden show that he soon made up for lost time
Style guide – how Charlotte Perriand designed the modern world
The multi-talented French architect and designer worked at the cutting edge of modernism
Theodore de Bry’s sensational approach to the New World
The engraver’s visions of a continent he never saw were designed to appeal to the European imagination
‘He always had the air of a boffin’ – a tribute to Huang Yong Ping (1954–2019)
The artist was a key figure in the avant-garde scene that emerged in China after the Cultural Revolution
We’re on the brink of Brexit – so isn’t it time the UK formed stronger cultural ties around the globe?
France, China, and other countries are leading the way on cultural diplomacy. When will the UK catch up?
Fascism and furniture – the dystopian spaces of Henrike Naumann
Naumann’s new installation imagines an alternate past in which the German Reich was re-established after the fall of the Berlin Wall
English woes – Derek Jarman’s apocalyptic visions of England are as relevant as ever
Twenty-five years after his death, Jarman’s films, paintings and words are still incisive and inspiring
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