Rebuilding Baghdad – in the new instalment of Assassin’s Creed
Dr Glaire Anderson of Edinburgh University explains how she helped bring Islamic art and architecture to life for the latest version of the video game
Frieze week highlights: breast-feeding goddesses and poetry in performance
Paintings of women by Rubens at Dulwich Picture Gallery and an installation by Julianknxx at the Barbican are among the shows not to miss this year
Body politics – an interview with Florence Peake
The performance artist uses paint, props and a nude cast of actors to make her point
Why Laurie Anderson is still looking at the world sideways
The performance artist has struck an uneasy balance between fact and fiction in her work for more than five decades
Finnish lines – a new look for the Ateneum in Helsinki
Finland’s most important art museum has been completely rehung just as questions of culture and national identity are on everyone’s mind
‘You have to look into the past to move forward’ – an interview with Zineb Sedira
The French-Algerian artist explains her fascination with the activism of the 1960s and why, for her, the personal really is political
Pussy Riot’s plan to reduce Putin to ashes
Nadya Tolokonniva talks about the importance of continuing to protest – but she’s wary of becoming burnt out in the process
Sculpture from the scrapyard and Simone Leigh’s first museum survey – contemporary art highlights in 2023
Exhibitions to look forward to include some major retrospectives and shows that pick up where the Venice Biennale left off
Plaster master – Maria Bartuszova at Tate Modern, reviewed
The Slovakian sculptor poured and moulded plaster into creations that evoke the body and the natural world in equal measure
‘I think I’ll have to keep tearing bodies apart’ – an interview with Vanessa Baird
The Oslo-based artist has never shied away from explicit – or controversial – material, but it’s not just about creating a shocking scene
Frieze week highlights: Beat Generation artists and the forgotten Vorticist
Drawings and paintings by the little-known Vorticist artist Helen Saunders and a screening of Bruce Conner’s 1967 film ‘THE WHITE ROSE’ are among the shows not to miss this year
The Apollo 40 Under 40 Asia Pacific in focus: Jam Acuzar
The founding director of Bellas Artes Projects explains how she came to create one of the Philippines’ most vivid arts organisations
The many faces of Mary Magdalene