Reviews

Female artists are well represented in this show; a deliberate strategy that prompts a more critical questioning of the genre

‘Surround Sounds’ is excellent, but not all of Marclay’s latest work lives up to the hype

Flesh and sex – the legacies of Rubens and Sade; two views of the 20th century’s torn and tattered art; and the story of Lancashire’s philanthropic industrialists

Lancashire collections in London

The wider significance of ‘Ponte City’

‘La Peregrina’ is like a dip in icy water after Rubens’ opulent works

Libertine, criminal, aristocrat, revolutionary, and prolific author – the Marquis de Sade continues to inspire some great art and exhibitions

The Hudson River School at LACMA; self-portraits at Turner Contemporary; Conscience & Conflict at Pallant House; Poliakoff at Timothy Taylor

The Spanish Civil War had a huge impact on the life and work of many British artists

Timothy Taylor Gallery presents the first solo UK presentation of the artist’s works in over 50 years

The New-York Historical Society has sent a spectacular group of landscape paintings to LACMA this winter

‘Unseen’ at the Courtauld Gallery; Blake at the Ashmolean; Moroni at the Royal Academy; and sculptors’ drawings in Boston

There can be little argument with the quality of the works; but there is, to put it mildly, a lot to take in

The Royal Academy’s exhibition presents Moroni’s portraits in their wider context

Toulouse-Lautrec at MoMA; Shostakovich’s ballet at GRAD; Walid Raad in Hamburg; and photographs at the Science Museum

Two of Raad’s career-defining projects reveal the balance of rigorous research and subtle wit that informs his work

Shostakovich’s 1931 ballet was pulled from Russian theatres after just one performance; now, a show in London tried to bring it back

There’s a second talented Parisian on show at the MoMA this winter

Some fascinating exhibitions in the UK, Europe and USA are closing in early January. Last chance…

The Science Museum’s Media Space hosts another excellent display

The Queen’s Gallery’s latest exhibition brings together some exquisite items, but what of their cultural and political context?

As data increasingly migrates to the cloud, so art scholarship goes digital