Acquisitions of the Month: January 2024
A recently identified painting by Guercino and a series of Joseph Cornell boxes are among the most significant works to have entered public collections last month
Four things to see: The Year of the Dragon
Chinese New Year is nigh – but the zodiac’s most auspicious creature has a storied history of baring its fangs in many other cultures, too
In the studio with… Zanele Muholi
The South African photographer believes that an artist’s studio can be a hotel room, a playground, a kitchen, a toilet – or even a crime scene
The week in art news – man dies after falling from Tate Modern
Plus: Rubin Museum to sell its building and move to touring model | Pompidou staff settle three-month strike and claim victory
Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads
The Courtauld Gallery is exhibiting a series of large-scale charcoal heads, drawn when Auerbach was in London in the 1950s and ‘60s
Harold Cohen: AARON
Pictures made using computer software designed by the late American artist go on display at the Whitney
Roelant Savery’s Wondrous World
The Mauritshuis is displaying work by the Dutch Golden Age painter – the first to depict the dodo and the earliest known Dutch artist to produce a floral still life
Pleasure-seeking in Edo-period Japan
The details of this fine woodblock show there’s even more to a majestic print of a 19th-century courtesan than meets the eye – if you know how to look
Myriam Mihindou: Ilimb, l’essence des pleurs
The Musée du Quai Branly is displaying an immersive installation that honours the Punu mourners of Gabon
Four things to see: Groundhog Day
As the time-honoured tradition taps into our desire for spring, we dig into four seasonal subjects
The week in art news – Carl Andre (1935–2024)
Plus: V&A and British Museum lend Asante regalia to Ghana for the first time | Temple to Ram inaugurated on site of Mughal-era mosque in Ayodhya
Janos Megyik Photograms
In the Hungarian artist’s first exhibition in the United States, the Art Institute of Chicago presents works of cameraless photography and a geometric sculpture
Zimingzhong 凝时聚珍: Clockwork Treasures from China’s Forbidden City
Intricate automata made for Chinese emperors are travelling from the Palace Museum in Beijing to the Science Museum in London
Vision and Verse: The Poetry of Chinese Painting
The Met explores the long and productive relationship between painting, calligraphy and poetry through 90 works from its own collection
Léonce Rosenberg’s apartment: De Chirico, Ernst, Léger, Picabia…
Paintings commissioned for the gallerist’s apartment in Paris have been reunited for the first time in nearly a century
Iwona Blazwick steps down from the Istanbul Biennial
Plus: art dealer Brent Sikkema found dead in Brazil | Scottish museums face funding crisis
Acquisitions of the Month: December 2023
A miniature copy of the Apollo Belvedere and a Mesoamerican jade statuette are among the most important works to have entered public collections last month
The finest hours of Catherine of Cleves
Diane Wolfthal discusses the dizzying visions of heaven and hell to be found in a medieval prayer book at the Morgan Library
The week in art news – cyber-attack sends US museums offline
Plus: Poland withdraws its Biennale submission | swingeing cuts to UK arts budgets by local councils cuts continue | and Ian Wardropper to retire as Frick director
Unfolding the origins of an Ethiopian icon
Christine Sciacca of the Walters Art Museum explains how a processional icon of surprisingly modern design was made and what it means
Major leadership changes in Italian museums
Plus: the Academy of Arts in Berlin warns against violations of civil liberties in Germany and the Met returns 14 trafficked artefacts to Cambodia and Thailand
In the studio with… Agnieszka Pilat
The Polish artist who works with Elon Musk and takes her robot for walks believes in technology, but has other idols too
Four things to see: Christmas
From a festive snapshot to a paper angel, we’ve picked four objects that make up the perfect Christmas day
Four things to see: Civil Rights
From snapshots of Martin Luther King Jr. to a mural commemorating the Peterloo massacre, we look at four objects that speak of the long struggle for civil rights
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