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Philip Guston’s Nixon drawings are a lesson in satire
It’s hard not to draw parallels between Guston’s biting caricatures of Richard Nixon and today’s political climate
Highlights of BRAFA art fair
BRAFA pulls off the tricky task of subtly reinventing itself to suit changing tastes, while catering to every specialism
‘I used to think art could change the world’
Ahead of a retrospective across three UK venues, Lubaina Himid discusses how black British art has evolved over the past three decades
‘It seems extraordinary that this great artist is so little known’
Gertrude Stein hailed him as the ‘new Michelangelo’ and he was consulted by statemen about Balkan politics, but Meštrović’s name has fallen into obscurity
The V&A springs a surprise with Tristram Hunt
His appointment as V&A director is surprising but could prove inspired
The sound artist making a call for resilience
James Webb’s sound installations tackle difficult political, social and emotional issues with subtle immediacy
A fierce reminder of why we need feminism more than ever today
The Photographers’ Gallery has put together an exhibition of feminist art from the 1970s which is still worryingly relevant today
It’s art school, but not as we know it
Tate and Central Saint Martins have taken it upon themselves to ‘playfully reinvent’ things
Art and humanity in the work of Paul de Monchaux
The sculptor discusses abstraction, music, architecture, carving kerb stones, and the ‘common enterprise’ at the heart of it all
Year of the Rooster, art of the poultry yard
Joana Vasconcelos has sent a cockerel sculpture to Beijing for Chinese New Year. She’s only the latest artist to have a thing for chickens
How long can our great civic museums hold out?
Kirklees Council’s proposal to sell off Francis Bacon’s ‘Figure Study II’ is just a taste of things to come
What will become of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry?
Britain’s oldest manufacturing company, whose origins date back to 1420, is to close this May. What will happen to its historic home?
Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller (1930–2016)
Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, the leading tribal art collector and international museum patron, has died at the age of 86
An alternative vision of life in Letchworth, the world’s first Garden City
The radicalism of Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City is often overlooked, but Letchworth is an utopian success
10 things we didn’t expect in 2016
It’s been a memorable year in the art world for all sorts of reasons…
Ten major art anniversaries to look out for in 2017
It’s been 100 years since the deaths of Rodin and Degas; 500 years since Martin Luther’s 95 Theses; and 2,000 years since the death of Ovid…
Legends in London: Zaha Hadid and Robert Rauschenberg
A look around some of London’s most talked-about winter exhibitions
Wake up Jonathan Jones! British art is not just about Turner
British modernism is having a ‘moment’ and Jonathan Jones is displeased. Why is he so upset, and what does any of it have to do with Brexit?
The 50-year rescue of Vasari’s flood-damaged masterpiece
Giorgio Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ was severely damaged in the devastating Florence floods of 1966. Fifty years later, it’s back on display after one of the most complex conservation projects ever undertaken
Michelangelo Pistoletto goes from rags to riches at Blenheim Palace
The Italian artist uses humble materials to promote a high-minded utopian message. How does his work fare in such opulent surroundings?
The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The sorry tale of a Roman Christmas tree; the pinkest pink and Anish Kapoor; and George Osborne’s coffee table books of choice
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