• Berthe Morisot takes centre stage • An interview with Joe Tilson • Pots and pans in the paintings of Chardin • Imagining Armenia
Plus: La Biennale Paris preview, Tintoretto at 500, Amy Sillman, and the biennial boom
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
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.
Most paintings of the Virgin Mary show her holding the divine infant, but a 14th-century panel by Cenni di Francesco reminds us of more earthy realities
An exhibition at the Soane Museum shows that technical drawings of buildings are often more complex than they may seem