Ever since F.W. Murnau adapted Bram Stoker’s Dracula for his seminal film Nosferatu, the vampire has haunted the modern imagination
Plus: John Akomfrah and Grayson Perry knighted, Louvre to limit visitor numbers, and the rest of the week’s top stories
There’s no denying the actor’s talents, but Rakewell can’t help wishing he would finally direct that film about Eadweard Muybridge, ‘the father of motion pictures’
A donation of 220 works by Philip Guston from the artist’s daughter and a portrait of one of Louis XV’s most controversial aides are among this month’s highlights
The new-look National Portrait Gallery in London and the International African American Museum in Charleston are among the highlights of the year ahead
Working in an Italian city with no Roman past allowed painters and sculptors to put their own spin on classical antiquity
The Jamaican-British artist has a penchant for picking up other people’s rubbish and falls in love with the collectors who come to see his work
The Swiss artist maintains a strict working schedule to make the most of the daylight hours and keeps the writings of W.G. Sebald and Patti Smith close to hand
An interview with Mike Nelson
The winners of the Apollo Awards
At home with Gainsborough
Rubens and the tapestry revival
Plus: classical antiquity in Venice, the year ahead for the art market, street style in Paris, and reviews of Lucian Freud in London, Meret Oppenheim in New York and the long-lost drawings of Giorgio Vasari
Exhibitions to look forward to include some major retrospectives and shows that pick up where the Venice Biennale left off
After the uncertainty of the pandemic, the art market bounced back in 2022, but what challenges will the new year bring?
The prospect of more towering edifices on the horizon is hardly cheering, but there are more grounded projects to look forward to
Joshua Reynolds, Sarah Bernhardt and Pablo Picasso are all being celebrated in anniversary events this year
The artist rifles through archives and our collective imaginations to reshape what we think we know about the past
The Slovakian sculptor poured and moulded plaster into creations that evoke the body and the natural world in equal measure
A disappointingly static display at the V&A will make you long for the stage
While Peter Strickland’s most recent feature sends up sound artists, Georgina Starr’s short makes for a more challenging listen
The artist’s mastery of unusual materials gave her a real edge over her peers
The painter’s house in Suffolk now tells a compelling story about his formative influence
As the artist prepares for his show at the Hayward Gallery, he talks about using the remains of today to reimagine the past
The Antwerp-born painter had a gift for marrying northern and southern traditions
Works from the Hispanic Society in New York get their first outing in the United Kingdom
The Cleveland Museum of Art considers how the invention of new chalks and pastels encouraged artists to experiment
A rare opportunity to view the complete set of woodcuts from Dürer’s ‘Great Passion’ in the UK
The algorithms that are giving art curators a run for their money
A show at J/M Gallery compares art curating with the shadowy ways in which AI now shapes our online experience