How cuteness conquered the world
An aww-inspiring exhibition explores adorability through the ages, and suggests it can be subversive as well as sweet
Christian Marclay opens the doors of our perception
The artist’s compilation of entrances and exits in the movies takes viewers deep into a labyrinth – and leaves us to find our own way out
The fake’s progress – an introduction to the art of forgery at the Courtauld
A display of counterfeit works offers an object lesson in what a masterpiece really is – but it could have had more fun with the subject
Don’t blame the culture wars for Tate Britain’s disappointing rehang
The much-debated new displays suffer from weak artworks, tokenism and terrible lighting
Frank Auerbach faces himself
At the age of 91, the artist has produced a series of remarkable self-portraits, now on show at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert
The most approachable avant-garde artist in Britain – a tribute to Tom Phillips (1937–2022)
The artist who effortlessly crossed genres, but stayed close to south London, was best known for ‘A Humument’, a masterpiece 50 years in the making
For the real Tokyo story, look beyond kooky stereotypes of the city
An ambitious show at the Ashmolean Museum looks past the familiar clichés to the real city and its artists
How a smashed-up bass guitar became the ultimate punk rock relic
The Clash bassist’s pulverised instrument can now be worshipped at the Museum of London
2 Tone was never just about the music – as this show in Coventry makes clear
2 Tone began as a ska-inspired record label, but swiftly became a look and a political stance – and a defining moment in British cultural history
The cantankerous criticism of Charles Baudelaire
On the bicentenary of the poet’s birth, his art criticism still hums with outrage
Dante has stumped many an artist – but these delicate drawings are truly divine
Federico Zuccari’s illustrations of the Divine Comedy have seldom been shown. But the Uffizi has put them online – and Dante’s poem has never looked better
John Lurie’s grumpy painting is a joy to behold
The crotchety cult legend is giving art lessons on TV – and it’s all surprisingly charming
The agony and the ecstasy – Tracey Emin and Edvard Munch at the RA, reviewed
This triumphant double bill brims with emotion – from the pain of loss to the pleasures of beauty
Best of fiends – the monsters of Léopold Chauveau
These modern monsters may look lonely, but they’re familiar figures – descendants of the Parisian beasts of Viollet-le-Duc and Charles Meryon
‘Boccaccio and the Black Death have been doing the rounds’
The Decameron is but one of the historical touchstones that commentators have turned to during the health crisis. But do they really help us orientate ourselves?
Floating around on Planet Polke
Potatoes orbit around barstools and beer spurts out of coasters in the whimsical worlds explored by Sigmar Polke
‘For Goya, the normal, the terrible, and the fantastical existed cheek by jowl’
A gathering of some 300 drawings at the Prado is a comprehensive guide to life in the artist’s cruel and chaotic world
Van Dyck, the artist’s artist
An exhibition in Munich explores the less familiar aspects of the portraitist’s work, including the support he gave to his peers
Venus enlargement? Marlene Dumas takes on Shakespeare’s erotic verse
The artist is one of few to have attempted to illustrate Venus and Adonis
The bleak beauty of Berlinde de Bruyckere
An interview with the Belgian sculptor, who discusses hope, suffering, bodies, and blankets
The everyday cruelty of Ribera’s world
The baroque painter’s depictions of human suffering are extreme – but so was the violence of much early modern life
The sophisticated side of Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Bruegel may have painted many peasants, but he was one of the most complex – and urbane – artists of his day
The many faces of Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
The distorted Character Heads of the 18th-century sculptor have long perplexed critics
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‘This is to art what constitutional monarchy is to kingship’ – Jonathan Yeo’s portrait of Charles III, reviewed
The painting perfectly captures the essence of royalty today – it’s undeniably attention-grabbing, but hollow to the core