• In praise of the Wallace Collection • An interview with Etel Adnan • Chippendale at 300 • A new era for Irish arts funding
Plus: Masterpiece and Art Basel previews, Cedric Morris’s paintings, and the ethics of live animals in art
Jan Švankmajer | Pompeii | Cat ladies
Museum of West African Art | Jeremy Frey | Ed Ruscha
Napoleon Bonaparte | Caspar David Friedrich | the Impressionists
The National Gallery | Alvaro Barrington | Art and the oil industry
The story of Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir Tatlin’s competing artistic outlooks is told with verve in Sjeng Scheijen’s new book
The museum’s head of framing, Peter Schade, is quietly changing how we see some of the world’s most famous pictures
Outdoor activities offered Bloomsbury’s women welcome respite from their indoor pursuits
Edward C. Moore played a crucial role in the firm’s 19th-century success and his own collecting inspired some of its most impressive creations.