The Met’s new survey reveals a more dramatic, more political side to the American painter
A triumphant survey at Tate Britain – the largest in 30 years – revels in the British artist’s painterly games
Some of Britain’s finest examples of modern architecture may be under threat, but in Owen Hatherley they have a fierce champion
The seaside scenes of Willie Rodger aren’t necessarily a sunny affair, but they are always full of life
Over the course of an almost a decade, the Scottish artist has gathered and crushed ancient geological specimens to create a work of real conceptual power
The Latvian-born artist takes found photographs and paints over them to make enigmatic and eerie images – but they’re not meant to be scary, she insists
Cecilia Alemani's focus on women artists goes beyond tokenism to present a strong statement about both contemporary art and the world we live in
Frances Sands’ selection from one of the world’s greatest collections of architectural drawings will delight both experts and the general reader alike
In this memoir of sorts, the photographer gives us a masterclass in staying alert and fully alive to the everyday world
The writer’s drawings are every bit as fastidious as his sentences – and full of the same preoccupations
Throughout the ages, and for better or worse, the clothes men have worn have been absolutely crucial, writes Rosalind Jana
Louis-Léopold Boilly experienced his fair share of personal drama, but he had a rare gift for depicting the ins and outs of everyday existence
The sculptor’s boundless powers of invention are on full display in his hometown for this once-in-a-lifetime blockbuster
This focused survey shows that artists after the war seemed more than ready to embrace the future
The Californian painter’s responses to ‘The Flaying of Marsyas’ have a sublime quality all of its own
The painter may be fond of his iPad, but his longstanding suspicion of the technologies that have tied artists to linear perspective is to the fore here
The French furniture that inspired the look of Disney’s best-loved films also came out of a studio system that required a good deal of collaboration
Akseli Gallen-Kallela is best-known for his pretty lakeside views, but he also yearned for political independence and spiritual fulfilment
Jeremy O. Harris' latest play unravels the twisted power dynamics between a wealthy white art collector and an emerging Black artist on a Hockney-inspired stage
The most successful public statues are more than mere three-dimensional versions of photographs plonked on plinths
James Birch recounts the improbable story of how, with help from the KGB, he put on a show of Bacon’s work in the Soviet Union
The gold objects in this show may glitter, but some of their previous owners are cast in a far from flattering light
The painter who was at the heart of the New York avant-garde captured the many excitements of the modern age
The South African artist’s exposing paintings are not merely portraits of bare flesh – they are revelations of humanity’s darker, more painful depths
