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Is Milton Avery really a forgotten American great?
We’ve struggled to classify the painter as one of history’s greats for very good reason
Why are the British so fond of fancy dress?
Dressing up – at balls, fetes and simply for fun – has long provided Britons of all classes with a creative outlet
Fine romances – the art of illustration in 15th-century Herat
As two of the British Library’s most beautiful manuscripts show, the art of illustration hit new and extraordinary heights in 15th-century Herat
The call of the shopping mall
In ‘Meet Me by the Fountain’, Alexandra Lange uncovers the surprisingly utopian origins of the modern mall and defends it from its critics
How Renaissance artists captured Portugal’s golden age
Portugal’s period of ascendancy can be charted through the paintings of the times
The artists who have managed to see the forest for the trees
People have always been fascinated by forests but, as a show in Lille suggests, seeing them as ideal, untouched places misunderstands their true nature
Harmless fun – the crafty cartoons of Heath Robinson
More than a century later, the English cartoonist’s ingenious drawings can still tickle the imaginations of modern audiences
The aristocrats who conquered 18th-century society in style
In ‘Enlightened Eclecticism’, Adriano Aymonino shows how the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland made over their stately homes to advance their social ambitions
How August Sander faced up to modern times
By turning social types into individuals, the photographer influenced many of his contemporaries and shaped how we see the 20th-century
Shifting sensibilities – how plein-air painting became all the rage
Once overlooked by both artists and collectors, the urgency of landscape studies holds an obvious appeal for modern audiences
At the Brent Biennial, home really is where the heart is
The second edition of the event concerns itself with ideas of belonging – and revels in the diversity of this part of north-west London
Henry Moore’s hoarding habits
The British sculptor’s monumental, minimal forms drew influence from his wide-ranging collection of ethnographic artefacts
The photographers who are obsessed with the passing of time in Turkey
Bruno Vandermeulen and Danny Veys use 19th-century processes to bring a very modern sensibility to archaeological sites in Anatolia
Tall tale: Gustave Eiffel and his tower get the big-screen treatment
Romain Duris cuts a dash in a lavish French film about the engineer, but it’s the tower that’s the true star
The art of bodysnatching in Edinburgh
There’s no disguising the gruesomeness of the trade that underpinned the scientific advances of the 18th century
The contemporary artists who are paying their respects to Piranesi
Piranesi may have fallen out with his Irish patron but, in modern-day Dublin, artists inspired by his example are looking to mend fences
What photographs can and can’t tell us about buildings
Since the invention of the medium, photography has always had an ambiguous relationship with architecture
Think pink with Madame Pompadour!
An extremely close look at François Boucher’s portrait of the marquise in the Fogg Museum at Harvard homes in on the painter’s use of his signature colour
A static portrait of a static world – ‘Bloodlines’ by Amie Siegel, reviewed
The artist’s latest film shows how the past permeates the present in a series of sumptuous scenes – but is it saying anything new?
Take a trip to the new new Jerusalem
Stephen Ellcock and Mat Osman try to bring visions of Albion up to date in their book ‘England on Fire’
The photographers who have got up close and very personal
Many artists have recorded their most intimate moments, but why should anyone else be interested in the results?
Ground force – the artists who set out to surpass nature
An ambitious exhibition at the Beaux-Arts de Paris considers the mutual rivalry between art and science over the centuries
Shining matters – ‘Gold’ at the British Library, reviewed
A glittering array of objects and manuscripts from around the world shows off the astonishing diversity of the permanent collection
Chains of command – ‘The Sun King at Sea’, reviewed
A groundbreaking study looks at the slave labour on which France’s maritime ambitions depended
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