An exhibition in Basel shows how the Russian-born German artist Walter Spies helped shape the art of Bali after moving to the island in the 1920s
The American artist grapples with history, politics and the natural world through large-scale hyperrealist drawings in Vienna
Plus: the British Museum admits that it broke the law; and Kasper König (1943–2024)
At the Museum Rietberg, an exhibition of objects looted by the British after they invaded Benin City in 1897 asks difficult questions about restitution – but also celebrates the historic kingdom’s rich artistic heritage
An exhibition at the Nelson-Atkins Museum shows how early photographers staged scenes with drama, humour and an eye for composition
The German Romantic artist created much of his most impressive work in Dresden, where the 250th anniversary of his birth is being celebrated through an exhibition of his paintings and drawings
Paintings, drawings, print and ceramics by the Venezuelan-born artist best known for her cartoon-inspired clay sculptures go on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Plus: Harvard refuses to remove Sackler name from university art museum, and Slovak culture minister fires director of the national gallery
The Basque sculptor’s country home near San Sebastián is marking the centenary of his birth in style
Both artists were close to the French dealers and publishers who created a home for their personal art collection at the Fondation Maeght in the south of France
Expressive modernist figures by the French sculptor populate the site of an abandoned lead mine in Marseille
Grotesque portraits and sculptures by the American artist take up residence on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra
UK government scraps Stonehenge tunnel, and American Museum of Natural History repatriates the remains of 124 individuals
Eschewing the metal or stone normally used for outdoor art, the artist presents woven works for Socrates Sculpture Park in New York
At Storm King Art Center, ceramics the artist made during Covid-19 lockdowns form the basis of a new series of bright, bold metal sculptures
Figures of deities fused from several traditions and the artist’s personal cosmology are reimagined at a monumental scale at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
An army of lifesize figures are scattered across some 300 acres of the landscaped grounds at Houghton Hall in Norfolk
Plus: US officials recover $1.2m Picasso drawing and Venice’s tourist tax has raised much more than expected
Forty years after the calling of the miner’s strike, Milton Rogovin’s photographs of Scottish miners shows how much the UK’s industrial landscape has changed
At Fruitmarket Gallery, the artist takes a defunct railway built by the British in Ghana in the 1920s as his starting point
As part of its bicentenary celebrations, the National Gallery in London has sent a painting by Vermeer to Edinburgh to keep another work by the artist company
The Scottish conceptual artist who is not afraid to make fun of the art world has an 80th birthday show at Modern One
The Mexican artist, known for his woven works that borrow from folk-art traditions, listens to Bach and Rosalía while working in his studio in Colonia Roma, Mexico City
Plus: UK government reintroduces Holocaust Memorial Bill; and video artist Bill Viola has died at the age of 73
December 2024
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