Plus: Turner Prize 2020 cancelled, Italian judges back right-wing institute against the ministry of culture, and more art news
Portraits of an 18th-century comedian and the ‘real’ Lydia Bennet are among this month’s highlights
Thomas Campbell and Adam Koszary ask whether the online experience can ever compare to being in a physical gallery
From Nikolai Gogol to Susan Sontag, Joan Didion to Olga Tokarczuk: the authors inspiring artists during a time of lockdown
A transformative gift for Cleveland Museum of Art and some metal detectorists’ finds are among this month’s highlights
The Syrian-born, US-based artist talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about his sculptural dioramas of cities ravaged by war – and offers a message of hope for the future
As LACMA moves ahead with plans to demolish its four original buildings, is it time to reassess the project – or is it too late?
One of Landseer’s earliest masterpieces and a 16th-century drug jar are among this month’s highlights
Curator Ilona Katzew discusses the restoration of a Pietà by Melchor Pérez Holguín – one of the most singular South American painters of his day
The decision to split the Turner Prize caused quite a stir – do such gestures undermine art prizes or open up new ways of judging contemporary art?
