Plus: Rotterdam becomes first Dutch city to return colonial objects to Indonesia; and City of London votes to close Smithfield and Billingsgate markets for good
Tinguely and Warhol worked as window-dressers; Dalí and Duchamp had dalliances with shop displays. Art and commerce go under the spotlight in Basel
Turkey’s first female opera singer was also a painter who had close ties with Germany, and is now the subject of a survey in Berlin
The king of cuddly toys gets the red-carpet treatment at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris – but life hasn’t always been a picnic for our faux-furry friends
After a ten-year conservation project, Parmigianino’s youthful masterpiece is ready to take part in the National Gallery’s bicentenary celebrations
Best known for his designs for Radiohead’s album covers, the artist enjoys the sea air but laments the fug of wood varnish in his Brighton studio
The Dutch artist’s floral paintings might look merely decorative but, as curator Bernd Ebert explains, they encapsulate a world of economic and scientific change in the early modern Netherlands
Plus: UNESCO places 34 sites in Lebanon under ‘enhanced protection’; Berlin to cut its arts budget by €130m; and an armed heist at the Musée Cognacq-Jay
The first exhibition in Australia dedicated to the abstract artist shows work from the 1990s to now
Ornate timepieces designed by the Sun King’s favourite craftsman go on show at the Wallace Collection
The Dutch artist populated her floral still lifes with beetles, butterflies, classical sculptures and other unexpected details
The Mexican artist drew on Surrealist and cubist influences as well as on the ancient and contemporary art of his home country
A massive bequest of Old Masters and a huge painting of a procession of giants are among the most important works to have entered museum collections recently
Plus: Italian police uncover a pan-European network of art forgers; and the British Museum receives a gift of Chinese ceramics worth £1bn
The decade is captured in all its turbulence in this searching show at Tate Britain
Pudding has always been a sweet distraction, but as this exhibition in The Hague reveals, a little sugar brings a darker side to dessert
The Czech writer’s work, life and cultural afterlife are the focus of this show at the Morgan Library & Museum
A chance to get acquainted with the work of this long-neglected artist at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Plus: Art Basel reported to be in talks to run Abu Dhabi Art; Ashmolean acquires rare work by Fra Angelico; and Daniel Spoerri (1930–2024)
A glittering show at the Brooklyn Museum explores the many roles and forms of the precious metal – and explores the darker side of its production
In 18th- and 19th-century France, wallpapering was a sticky business – but the results really made an impression, as this show in Rhode Island makes clear
Sculptures, paintings, collages and videos by the intrepid American artist demonstrate her lifelong interest in light, motion and myth
This exhibition in Madrid dedicated to a pioneer of the Blue Rider movement presents her experiments in form, light and colour
On the 350th anniversary of the death of John Milton, we examine four artworks that explore themes of desire, temptation, rebellion and loss
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
Rachel Ruysch says it with flowers
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