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

7 Mar 2024

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

7 Mar 2024

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

4 Mar 2024

The week in art news – a looted Ethiopian shield is withdrawn from auction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

2 Mar 2024

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.

1 Mar 2024

Roy Lichtenstein: A Centennial Exhibition

Some 100 irreverent works by the Pop art pioneer go on show at the Albertina in Vienna.

1 Mar 2024

Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence

The V&A is shining a light on a mid-century architectural movement that fused modernist aesthetics with post-colonial sensibilities

1 Mar 2024

Dan Flavin: Dedications in Lights

The artist’s installations created from fluorescent tubes are lighting up the Kunstmuseum in Basel.

1 Mar 2024

Four things to see: Women and medicine

In tribute to Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the trailblazing African American who qualified as a doctor 160 years ago today, we look at four works that celebrate the women who have shaped medicine over the years

1 Mar 2024

The week in art news – Birmingham Council to axe entire arts budget by 2026

Plus: The V&A gets another chance to keep its 12th-century walrus ivory carving

23 Feb 2024

In the studio with… Outi Pieski

The artist works from her home in the wilds of northern Finland, where she sews textile pieces beside a wood-burning stove to the sound of Sami radio

23 Feb 2024

On the Backs of Camels

The Weltmuseum Wien makes its contribution to the International Year of the Camel with an exhibition that celebrates the mammalian family in its all forms

23 Feb 2024

Blood: Medieval/Modern

Medieval Christianity went all out for blood and what it represented. The Getty Center presents some macabre objects of devotion and some modern responses in kind

23 Feb 2024

The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism

The Met presents art by figures from the African American-led movement and puts it at the heart of 20th-century modernism

23 Feb 2024

Exteriors – Annie Ernaux and Photography

The Maison Européenne de la photographie finds the writer looking outwards and pairs her observations with images from its own collection

23 Feb 2024

Four things to see: Seascapes

To mark Winslow Homer’s birthday, we look at four very different marine scenes from across the ages – including one by the Boston-born painter himself

23 Feb 2024

Arts Council England retreats after freedom of expression row

Plus: Mick Moon (1937–2024), and a round-up of the week’s most important museum appointments

18 Feb 2024

Elon Musk flies Jeff Koons to the Moon

Jeff Koons launched 125 sculptures into orbit on a SpaceX rocket this week. Perhaps they’ll hang out with the Pop art that went on a lunar holiday in 1969

16 Feb 2024

Surrealism in Belgium

The Bozar shows that Belgian Surrealists were not just following in the footsteps of their French contemporaries

16 Feb 2024

Jeffrey Gibson: no simple word for time

The artist is the first to tackle a daunting question posed by the Sainsbury Centre in a series four of exhibitions: What is truth?

16 Feb 2024

Antoni Tàpies: The Practice of Art

The artist’s centenary exhibition moves to Madrid and demonstrates that his Surreal and cerebral works are as modern as ever

16 Feb 2024

Viktor & Rolf: Fashion Statements

The Dutch design duo known for combining high fashion with pure absurdity are the subject of a full-scale survey in Munich

16 Feb 2024

In the studio with… Manuel Mathieu

The Haitian-Canadian artist surrounds himself with unlikely objects to spark his imagination, books about drawing, and about 25 different types of tea

16 Feb 2024

Four things to see: Mardi Gras

From pancakes to parades, pre-Lent indulgences bring joy to countless communities around this time of year

16 Feb 2024