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A picture of past diplomacy in Istanbul’s Pera Museum
Charting the Ottoman Empire’s international relations through art, this exhibition reminds us that Turkey was once a thriving region for statesmen and artists alike
Up close and personal with illuminated manuscripts
This is a gem of a book, full of scholarly insight
The importance of South Africa’s craft traditions
This survey of the history of South African art needs to pay more attention to the country’s craft traditions
Found in translation
Are there too many languages and can translation ever really bridge our gaps in understanding?
Getting to grips with the nature of art at Mona
Turns out that the museum of sex and death has much more on its mind
When Derek Walcott met Peter Doig
The only living poet to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature responds to one of the greatest living painters
Philip Guston’s Nixon drawings are a lesson in satire
It’s hard not to draw parallels between Guston’s biting caricatures of Richard Nixon and today’s political climate
Paul Nash’s commitment to the English landscape
The artist’s feeling for place is a constant throughout his work – in both peacetime and war
The glamorous family behind one of Sargent’s best-loved paintings
A personal history of a great painting currently on show in New York
Why are there so many period rooms in US museums?
Influential private collectors were often keen to recreate their own experiences for the benefit of the public at large.
The sound artist making a call for resilience
James Webb’s sound installations tackle difficult political, social and emotional issues with subtle immediacy
Creativity and contradictions in Kochi
Kochi might be full of contradictions, but it remains a vibrant site for the Kochi-Muziris Biennale – now in its third edition
A fierce reminder of why we need feminism more than ever today
The Photographers’ Gallery has put together an exhibition of feminist art from the 1970s which is still worryingly relevant today
Were the Egyptian Surrealists too unpatriotic to be popular?
Surrealism in Egypt was an international affair that lost out to more nationalist art movements
Why it’s time for someone to catalogue Fra Bartolommeo’s drawings
As an exhibition in Rotterdam shows, Fra Bartolommeo draughtsmanship is ravishingly beautiful
William Kentridge and Vivienne Koorland peel back the layers of history
The two artists make a rewarding double act at Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery
An alternative vision of life in Letchworth, the world’s first Garden City
The radicalism of Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City is often overlooked, but Letchworth is an utopian success
Beyond the myth of 1970s New York
Douglas Crimp’s memoir-cum-cultural history reveals the reality behind the myth of New York’s thriving art scene in the 70s
An epic exhibition for an epic subject
Clever staging, excellent exhibits and a timeless story combine to make the Asian Art Museum’s Ramayana exhibition a great success
Winifred Nicholson and the pleasures of colour
An exhibition on Winifred Nicholson shows why her painting had such an impact on the work of her peers
Michelangelo Pistoletto goes from rags to riches at Blenheim Palace
The Italian artist uses humble materials to promote a high-minded utopian message. How does his work fare in such opulent surroundings?
Reinventing Impressionism for a new Australia
A show at the National Gallery considers how four artists used international Impressionism to forge a new national identity
‘Humans hide their secrets too well…’ Magritte according to Magritte
A rich selection of essays, interviews and memoirs offer a unique glimpse into the life and works of René Magritte
How Rodin channelled the spirit of dance into his drawings and sculptures
A perfectly realised exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery in London explores Rodin’s obsession with dance and its expressive power
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