Reviews
The golden age of propaganda
Calendars have often conveyed political messages, particularly in the reign of Louis XIV and during the French Revolution
A shining example of silver scholarship
One of the most important collections of 18th-century silver in Europe gets the attention it deserves in a new book
Terry Adkins and the art of sound
The artist’s haunting sound sculptures and paintings address the absent figures who inspired them
The Avignon Clock is as good as any sculpture
This spectacular French clock, designed by the best craftsman of the day, is the star of a show at the Wallace Collection
How did ‘Viva Arte Viva’ go so wrong?
Wasn’t this year’s Venice Biennale exhibition supposed to do away with grand curatorial conceits?
A flawed introduction to the women of post-war abstraction
MoMA’s attempt to ‘make space’ for women artists has backfired, but does at least highlight some unexpected affinities between artists
Cedric Price’s mission to make architecture amusing
Cedric Price believed that architecture should be mobile, lightweight, and temporary. Above all, he thought it should be fun
The Voynich Manuscript is a book you’re not meant to read
Despite Yale’s new facsimile edition, this 15th-century manuscript happily remains as indecipherable as ever
The successes and failures of Documenta in Athens
The decision to stage part of the 14th Documenta in Athens has been widely debated. Now that it’s open, what are the highlights of the programme?
The forgotten father of Abstract Expressionism
His ‘white writing’ style helped shape the course of modern painting, so why isn’t Mark Tobey better known?
The ‘living lines’ of Paule Vézelay
She was well known in the surrealist circles of the 20th century, but Vézelay’s work has been all but forgotten since
How the Japanese transformed French painting
An exhibition of Les Nabis at the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum in Tokyo explores their interest in the art of the Far East
Michelangelo and Sebastiano’s fraught but fertile friendship
An ambitious exhibition at the National Gallery traces the productive overlaps between these two Renaissance masters
More can be less when it comes to Eduardo Paolozzi
Paolozzi’s 1950s work is astonishing, but a full retrospective draws too much attention to his duller later work
What the Minotaur can tell us about Picasso
An exhibition documenting Picasso’s obsession with minotaurs and matadors is a curatorial triumph
Religion in the Renaissance was as personal as it was public
An exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum reveals how the home in Renaissance Italy was the site of much private devotion
Monuments to mundanity at the Socle du Monde Biennale
This event is a must-see if you want your understanding of Piero Manzoni and the other featured artists turned on its head
The patronage of remarkable princesses
Some royal tastemakers have better taste than others – as the remarkable legacy of three Hanoverian princesses shows
Kerry James Marshall’s celebration of black bodies
The American artist reminds viewers that black subjects are seldom encountered in the museum
Remaking history in New York
New galleries mean a fresh start for the New-York Historical Society Museum and Library
Stanley Spencer’s endless autobiography
The painter’s reams of autobiographical writing are as idiosyncratic as his art
Roger Mayne, the ‘Laureate of Teenage London’
The Photographers’ Gallery hosts the first major London exhibition of Roger Mayne’s work since 1999
Pissarro was the unifying force behind Impressionism
This overdue survey gives some sense of Pissarro’s extraordinary range
Maeve Brennan’s quiet filmmaking speaks volumes about conflict and culture
The artist’s meditative new film reveals how, in the midst of cyclical violence, objects and humans continue to drift
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Master of art – the towering legacy of David Sylvester