The plane crash that made it into a museum
Christian Boltanski’s installation at the Museo per la Memoria di Ustica is a stark tribute to the victims of a plane crash of 1980
When London’s sleepy art trade was jolted wide awake
An insider account by a former head of Sotheby’s in the UK recounts how London’s post-war art market took off in the 1950s and has kept on reinventing itself
What makes Christian Marclay really tick?
As his 24-hour film The Clock returns to MoMA, Christian Marclay talks about working with sound and images – and bridging the divide between the two artistic worlds
Four things to see: Diwali
As Diwali continues in full swing, it’s the perfect time to explore four objects that capture several elements of the festival and its mythology
The fall and rise of Paul Rudolph’s reputation
The American modernist’s buildings are often easier to admire than love, but his critical stock is undoubtedly on the up again
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The city of Linz is all about the future – but that wasn’t always the case
Given Hitler’s unrealised plans for a museum of looted art in Linz, the futuristic Ars Electronica festival is a triumph for the city, but there’s no room for complacence
‘If Jeff Koons directed an ad for Nescafé Gold Blend’ – Rivals, reviewed
From explosions of chintz to thrusting postmodern architecture, the sets for Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster leave us in no doubt we’re watching a 1980s period drama
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In the studio with… Ai-Da
The AI-powered humanoid robot talks Apollo through her studio routine, which involves listening to Chopin and pondering the strangeness of her own existence
In the studio with… Pauline Curnier Jardin
When working in her suntrap of a studio in Rome, the artist enjoys people-watching, listening to jazz and admiring an antique manhole cover made of travertine
November 2024
• New Japanese galleries at the MFA Boston
• Are prints the next big thing?
• What makes Christian Marclay tick?
• Chicago’s answer to William Morris
Also: collecting haute couture, marvellous pre-Ming ceramics, and a preview of Asian Art in London; and reviews of Surrealism at the Pompidou, lost London interiors and a new life of Mies van der Rohe. Plus: Lucy Ellmann on a troubling trompe l’oeil painting of a cat behind bars
The dreams of the Surrealists have become the stuff of our reality
The ideas and images of the artists who unleashed their unconscious on the world a century ago are now part of the fabric of everyday life
A new chapter for Asian Art in London
For its 27th edition, the fair is setting up shop in the galleries of London’s auction houses and welcoming a number of new exhibitors
Four things to see: Peace
To coincide with United Nations Day, we look at four artworks and objects designed to promote harmony or tranquillity
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How to make a new museum in Nigeria
The Museum of West African Art points to a new path for creating an institution from scratch and more imaginative ways of dealing with the colonial past
Alison Wilding keeps up a careful balancing act
A stimulating show at Alison Jacques perfectly captures the sculptor’s ability to combine familiar materials in unexpected ways
At Maison Ruinart, contemporary art holds court
The first champagne house ever to be established, Maison Ruinart has a new, art-filled home – one that maintains a harmonious relationship between heritage and modernity
The bohemians who trained a generation of British artists
Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines turned their backs on the London art world to create an art school with an outsize legacy
Were the Impressionists really so shocking?
It suits us to think of the movement as unpopular, but the passing of time makes it harder to see why the first Impressionist Exhibition of 1874 made such a stir
How will Paris cope without the Pompidou Centre for five years?
The museum is set to close in 2025, leaving a hole in the city’s arts scene and adding to growing disquiet about its general direction
The dealer who launched Picasso
Berthe Weill was as devoted to young artists as she was to the cause of modern art – and her efforts are now receiving belated recognition
The surreal films of Jan Švankmajer
When it comes to conjuring the uncanny atmosphere and impossible logic of dreams, the Czech film-maker has few equals
Käthe Kollwitz – Mensch
The idealistic German artist channelled her considerable political energies into art both before and after the First World War
Bolts of Color: Printed Textiles after WWII
The ease of making screenprints after the Second World War stirred the imaginations of artists as varied as Lucio Fontana and Althea McNish
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504
The Royal Academy of Arts offers viewers the chance to compare the three Renaissance rivals and contemporaries
Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece
The Thracians were rarely regional top dogs but, as a show at the Getty Villa proves, their artistry was unparallelled