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Threads of potential – the market for textiles by women artists
From the United States to the Soviet Union, women artists of the post-war era found creative freedom in fibre art – and their works are beginning to loom large in the market
The medieval Tuscan borgo where art grows among the vines
The proprietors of Castello di Ama commission artworks as an offering of thanks to the land and its spirit, which infuses their winemaking
The irresistible cool of Bernice Bing
The Asian Art Museum is reviving interest in a painter who was at the heart of San Francisco’s arts scene in her lifetime, but all too quickly forgotten after her death
At Antwerp’s most important museum, Old Masters and modern art now share top billing
After 11 years of being closed, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp has reopened with an ingenious extension that means Old Masters and modern art now share the limelight
Around the galleries – Art Basel lands in Paris, plus other highlights
With its first excursion to the French capital, Art Basel has stolen FIAC’s slot in the autumn calendar, and perhaps its thunder
The Russian modernist who made the European avant-garde feel at home
Marianne Werefkin has long been overshadowed by her male peers, but the Royal Academy’s show devoted to modernist women may restore her to her rightful place
‘Nothing like this had been seen in England’ – on Banqueting House at 400
Banqueting House is one of the most extraordinary buildings in London – and it’s a huge shame it’s so inaccessible
The South Korean island with something for everyone
Andrew Russeth finds that Jeju Island offers everything from a teddy bear museum to masterpieces of modern Korean art
What should happen to Paris’s abandoned colonial garden?
The neglect of the Garden of Tropical Agronomy points to a wider ambivalence about what to do with the city’s colonial sites
Learning curves – how to see Cézanne with fresh eyes
By making unexpected connections and comparisons, this revelatory show allows the painter’s real achievements to become clearer than they have ever been
Making over Umbria’s greatest museum
The Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, home to some of Perugino’s most important works, can now display its outstanding collection in suitably grand style
Is Milton Avery really a forgotten American great?
We’ve struggled to classify the painter as one of history’s greats for very good reason
Why are the British so fond of fancy dress?
Dressing up – at balls, fetes and simply for fun – has long provided Britons of all classes with a creative outlet
Fine romances – the art of illustration in 15th-century Herat
As two of the British Library’s most beautiful manuscripts show, the art of illustration hit new and extraordinary heights in 15th-century Herat
How Ferdinand I de’ Medici set his might in stone
Curator Alessandra Griffo of the Uffizi tells Apollo how a remarkable pietra dura table-top would have dazzled visitors to the Medici court
What can Documenta teach the market?
This year’s Documenta is possibly the most challenging edition yet – so why is much of the art market failing to attend?
The grand restoration of Palazzo Butera
Fresh connections between contemporary art and Old Masters come to the fore in this 400-year-old palace, which has been transformed into a museum and home
Around the galleries – the ‘grand exhibition of Italian art’ returns to Florence
The Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze remains rooted in tradition – but it welcomes some modern sensibilities this year, too
The call of the shopping mall
In ‘Meet Me by the Fountain’, Alexandra Lange uncovers the surprisingly utopian origins of the modern mall and defends it from its critics
The titillating origins of the champagne coupe
The distinctive saucer-shaped glass may have fallen out of fashion, but the story of its invention remains as racy as ever
Refashioning the garden – an interview with Jil Sander
Jil Sander is renowned for her minimalist approach to fashion design. And yet the gardens at her country home tells the tale of a more maximalist aesthetic
Are artists who are parents getting a raw deal?
Artists have long turned to their children as subjects for their art but with each generation, such work is met with new objections
How gastronomic maps paved the way for regional French cooking
The first gastronomic map of France may have been created to serve the appetites of greedy Parisians, but it also opened up new ways of eating
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