Jo Lawson-Tancred is an arts writer based in London.
Given Hitler’s unrealised plans for a museum of looted art in Linz, the futuristic Ars Electronica festival is a triumph for the city, but there’s no room for complacence
The Antiguan-born painter spent his final years living off the land, but his scenes of paradise are more complicated than they seem
The Plateforme 10 project has brought the city’s fine arts, design and photo museums together on the site of a former train yard
The Courtauld’s show of recent works may be uneven but, at his best, the artist is more than capable of rubbing shoulders with the greats
The threats to the art fair have been piling up for years. So what’s pushed it over the edge?
A show at J/M Gallery compares art curating with the shadowy ways in which AI now shapes our online experience
The government’s energy caps offer short-term relief, but if museums are really going to serve as ‘warm havens’ they need more certainty
In attempting to give an account of ‘feminine power’ through the ages, the British Museum raises far more questions than it answers
This focused survey shows that artists after the war seemed more than ready to embrace the future
Akseli Gallen-Kallela is best-known for his pretty lakeside views, but he also yearned for political independence and spiritual fulfilment
Devotional textiles from India and a rare edition of a work by Hiroshige are among the highlights of this year’s event
Art historians may be sceptical about artificial intelligence, but machine learning might enlarge our capacity for observation – and even revive connoisseurship
The artists featured in this exhibition didn’t share the same outlook or methods, but their variousness is part of the point
The founding director of Arebyte has turned the gallery and online platform into a magnet for new media art in the UK
Museum directors in France and Italy seem to agree that requiring proof of vaccination is preferable to being shut – although not everyone is on board
For its second online edition, the fair is doubly determined to catch the eye of collectors with museum-quality masterpieces
The sale at auction raises complex questions about who owns the internet today
There’s still no bustling tent this year, but the fair continues to offer a platform for the best of art and design from across the globe
Most of the fuss about NFTs has focused on what, if anything, buyers are getting – but how do digital artists feel about minting their art?
Museums in Switzerland have appealed to the government to let them reopen – and French museums are following suit
Andrei Taraschuk wants to inundate the internet with art – and has made hundreds of bots posing as famous artists
In her Tarot Garden in Tuscany, the French-American artist let her imagination run riot
With far fewer in-person visitors exiting through the gift shop, institutions must find new ways to mitigate their losses
A survey of artists inspired by the movement considers how successfully sculpture can convey a sense of transience
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
The city of Linz is all about the future – but that wasn’t always the case
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What does the loss of Masterpiece mean for London?
The threats to the art fair have been piling up for years. So what’s pushed it over the edge?