Art without Heroes: Mingei
The William Morris Gallery in London is a fitting host for works by Japanese makers inspired by the Art and Crafts movement
Bruegel to Rubens: Great Flemish Drawings
Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens are known primarily for their virtuosic large-scale paintings, but both were also highly skilled draughtsman
Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism
The Musée d’Orsay demonstrates how far the work of Monet, Morisot, Renoir and co. has come since the art establishment shunned it 150 years ago
Four things to see: Holi
As Hindu communities around the world celebrate Holi, we look at four artworks that depict this vibrantly colourful festival
Rembrandt’s sorrowful Jeremiah shows the painter at his best
Koen Bulckens of the Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp explains what makes the painter’s portrait of ‘the weeping prophet’ such an emotional tour de force
In the studio with… Leilah Babirye
The Ugandan-born artist treats her sculpture studio as a strict place of work – except for the occasional glass of Japanese whisky
Pierre Huyghe: Liminal
The French artist wrestles with the limits of reality in Venice, a city famous for masks and disguises
A New Look at Van Eyck: Madonna of Chancellor Rolin
The Louvre has restored the Van Eyck masterpiece for the first time since it entered the museum in 1800
Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In
London’s National Portrait Gallery brings together the work of two photographers who worked a century apart
Roni Horn: Give Me Paradox or Give Me Death
The artist’s refusal to restrict herself to a single medium makes the Museum Ludwig’s retrospective a restless affair
Germany to replace advisory panel for Nazi-looted art with binding arbitration
Plus: Met employees and volunteers call for the museum to defend Palestinian cultural heritage, and Russian security forces raid artists’s homes before the presidential elections
Four things to see: Isadora Duncan
To mark the anniversary of Isadora Duncan’s first performance in Europe, we look at four artworks that immortalise the trailblazing dancer
How should collectors handle restitution? – a talk at TEFAF Maastricht
Apollo editor Edward Behrens chairs a panel discussion on the complex topic of restitution in the art world
French court finds Guy Wildenstein guilty of money laundering and tax fraud
Plus: tax relief for museums and galleries in the UK is made permanent, and Lucas Samaras (1936–2024)
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2024
A Chardin still life and a pair of wooden sculptures from medieval Japan are among the most important works to have entered public collections last month
Britta Marakatt-Labba: Moving the Needle
The Nasjonalmuseet Oslo’s retrospective of work by Britta Marakatt-Labba includes embroidered pieces that tell stories of Sami life
Broncia Koller-Pinell: An Artist and her Network
Paintings by the Austrian Expressionist artist are paired with work by her better-known peers at the Belvedere in Vienna
Irving Penn
Some 175 photographs spanning Irving Penn’s seven-decade career go on show at the de Young Museum in San Francisco
Soufiane Ababri
For Ababri’s first major exhibition in the UK, the Barbican’s Curve gallery is filled with works that reflect on queer life and love
In the studio with… Woody De Othello
The San Franciscan painter and ceramicist uses jazz, podcasts and Bay Area nature to help him create fantastical anthropomorphic works out of clay
Four things to see: Mosaics
In honour of the centenary of Eduardo Paolozzi’s birth, we look at four works that convey the dazzling variety of forms mosaics have taken throughout history
Beyond TEFAF – the shows to see in and around Maastricht this month
Among the exhibitions that can be seen in a day trip from the fair are Frans Hals in Amsterdam, Immanuel Kant in Bonn and Sung Hwan Kim in Eindhoven
The week in art news – a looted Ethiopian shield is withdrawn from auction
Plus: The Palestinian artist Fathi Ghaben has died after being unable to leave Gaza for medical treatment
Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art
The Met is pairing ancient Andean weaving with textiles by 20th-century women artists to explore the ties that bind them.
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