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Seeing past the shock value of Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs
The photographer’s formally composed, sometimes graphic work is still hard to pin down
Martin Parr takes on Brexit Britain
The photographer’s survey of the British at home and abroad takes on a suitably surreal air at the National Portrait Gallery
Dutch courage – Jan Sluijters, Holland’s little-known modernist
After flirting with Fauvism and other French modes in Paris, the painter brought home a dazzling palette – only to bottle it later on
The kaleidoscopic visions of Emma Kunz
The Swiss spiritualist used drawings to diagnose patients, but her works are now regarded as art
Shell company – how a family of naturalists captured marine life
Science, art and natural history are intertwined in the Lister family’s monumental Historiae Conchyliorum
The sitting targets of Lucian Freud
In his unsparing portraits, Freud pursued his mission to describe things exactly as they are
Rediscovering a lost view of London
When Prévost painted his panorama from the tower of St Margaret’s Church, he captured a city on the cusp of change
The European armoury that inspired Henry Moore
It was on visits to the Wallace Collection that the sculptor first became fascinated with the form of the helmet
How Pierre Bonnard became carried away by colour
The more you look, the more mysterious the bright landscapes and paintings of his wife in the bath seem
A chameleon who never lost his feeling for clay – Lucio Fontana at the Met
The Italian artist was a breathtakingly gifted ceramicist who flirted with too many other mediums
Nature boys – Hockney and Van Gogh in Amsterdam
Hockney has followed the Dutch painter’s lead in his intensely coloured responses to the call of the wild
Voluptuous Venuses and sexy Sebastians – the Renaissance nude at the RA
The rediscovery of classical art in Europe transformed depictions of the naked body
The painter who took a prudent approach to the French Revolution
Louis-Léopold Boilly was a peculiarly adaptable painter in turbulent times
Part of the fabric – draped cloth and diaphanous veils in Renaissance art
How Italian painters and sculptors made clothing conceal and reveal the human form
In blindness, Sargy Mann found new ways to picture the world
After losing his sight, the British painter drew on touch, memory and imagination to continue his work
Mapping a new art world order
What are the key ingredients for success, and what role do Western traditions play, in emerging art scenes and markets?
Forty years on – the Site Gallery celebrates a significant birthday
The Sheffield gallery’s show of works by Susan Hiller, Georgina Starr and Elizabeth Price takes a reflective turn
Pontormo pays a visit to the Getty
The Florentine painter’s Visitation is at the centre of this small but spellbinding display
Painstakingly perfect and utterly peculiar – the drawings of Jean-Jacques Lequeu
The French draughtsman’s fantasies seem as bizarre today as they did 200 years ago
Julie Mehretu makes her mark at Kettle’s Yard
A series of pared-back monotypes and drawings signals a new phase in the artist’s work
Meet the mummies – cultural ambassadors from beyond the grave
There’s more to these sets of human remains than bandages, amulets and curses
In his shiny surfaces, Jeff Koons reflects the vanity of our age
From ancient art to Old Masters, Koons’ engagement with history is only skin deep – and that’s the point
The art and craft of American pottery
American art ceramics haven’t received as much attention as they deserve, but a major gift to the Met is changing this
The Assyrian king who kept on killing lions
There were many ways to ward off danger in ancient Assyria – and some of them were carved into stone
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