Reviews

Nicholas Penny’s survey of 17th- and 18th-century Italian paintings in the Norton Simon Museum reveals the astute figure behind the collections

The artists featured in this exhibition didn’t share the same outlook or methods, but their variousness is part of the point

Sadie Frost’s documentary about the designer is hardly original, but then Quant didn’t actually invent the miniskirt – and it doesn’t hurt to be reminded of her genius

An exhibition in Belfast marking 100 years of the country treads rather carefully, for understandable reasons

A monumental two-part survey in Philadelphia and New York proves that the artist has always forged his own path

The film-maker deserves pride of place in any history of early cinema – as the Cinèmathèque française’s new display confirms

Built to rival the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the great mosque in Damascus has always been claimed by rival faiths

The Chilean artist’s practice of folding up his work and posting it to galleries began as a means of evading the censors

A new study reminds us that royal palaces were places to live in as well as impressive displays of power

A new biography of the painter gives full credit to the cast of characters who supported him before he found success

The painter has created a fictitious world called Naboland which he explores with the help of a rusty submersible

An ambitious show at the Ashmolean Museum looks past the familiar clichés to the real city and its artists 

Although grounded in actual places and actual people, the artist’s subjects were always utterly transformed by his imagination, writes Tom Walker

The shortlisted collectives are more interested in what takes place outside the museum – so considering them for an art prize seems besides the point

The Japanese-Swiss artist’s first exhibition in the UK introduces her eerie, fantastical world to a new audience

Rosemary Hill’s nimble survey shows how 19th-century antiquarians paved the way for modern historians

Rarely exhibited since their creation, the intense, jewel-like watercolours of the French symbolist make for exhilarating viewing

The Hayward’s survey of contemporary painting proves that the medium is thriving – with the figurative artists perhaps edging that little bit ahead

An entrancing exhibition shows how Cosimo I de’ Medici harnessed art to consolidate his family’s grip on power