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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
New ways of seeing Andy Warhol
As an exhibition at the Whitney proves, there’s far more to the Pop art superstar than Marilyn and soup cans
Delacroix earns his stripes at the Met
A major show at the Met presents the Romantic painter in many different modes
The comic strip genius of Charles M. Schulz
The man who invented Snoopy and the Peanuts gang revolutionised cartoons – both aesthetically and emotionally
Variety and virtuosity – the objets d’art of Luigi Valadier
The 18th-century Roman polymath was commissioned to create luxury goods by popes, royalty and tourists alike
The shock value of Sarah Lucas still hasn’t worn off
Lucas made her name as one of the more provocative YBAs. Two decades later, her work continues to surprise
Mary Swanzy – a modern Irish master?
The work of this accomplished painter has long been hiding in plain sight
How Liotard’s Chocolate Girl charmed the city of Dresden
The Venetian pastellist Rosalba Carriera once described the work as ‘the most beautiful pastel ever seen’
Understanding the enigma of Edward Burne-Jones
The Victorian artist’s otherworldly visions have long been misunderstood
How Mario Bellini is breathing new life into Venetian glass
In his experimental collaborations with the historic Venini factory, the artist reveals the true versatility of glass
Around the globe at the Carnegie International
The 57th edition of the exhibition in Pittsburgh is a truly international affair
Gerhard Munthe – a madcap medievalist in 19th-century Norway
The artist and designer sought to craft a distinct national style, but he also had much in common with the British
Paula Rego paints a world of nightmares and secrets
Drawing on sources from Balzac to Disney, Rego’s pictures hint at narratives filled with mystery
Visions of a dark world in the art of Weimar Germany
The works produced in Germany’s interwar period reflect the turbulence of a decade marked by trauma, hope and crisis
A bewitching history of magic at the Ashmolean
An ancient cow’s heart and a witches’ ladder are among the intriguing objects in this exploration of magical thinking
The enigmatic igloos of Mario Merz
An unreal city of the the artist’s spherical structures has sprouted at the Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan
Dignity and divinity in the portraits of Charles White
Throughout his career White devoted his talent to celebrating the lives of other black Americans
Nalini Malani turns to a Greek myth to retell Indian tragedies
The artist takes the story of Cassandra and turns the doomed Trojan seer into a figure for our times
How Whistler tamed nature in his landscape scenes
With the man-made world a strong presence in his Nocturnes, beach scenes and gardens, Whistler was no pure nature boy
The modern Arab artists who have turned to words
A century of writing by and about artists from the Arab world is full of debates that still resonate today
The cosmic visions of Richard Pousette-Dart
After an early involvement with Abstract Expressionism the painter set out on a more spiritual path
John Rothenstein’s turbulent time at the Tate
The museum’s fifth director presided over a difficult period of its history, but left it in a better state than he found it
The Foundling Museum puts women in their rightful place
Portraits of men have been replaced with those of the women who first petitioned George II to set up the Foundling Hospital
Maeve Brennan puts out a bat-signal for the planet
The artists flags the unforeseen environmental effects of wind turbines in this award-winning film project
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