Back in the USSR: an interview with Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are a formidable artistic partnership, whose work takes a piercing look at life in the Soviet Union
‘I wanted to do something I have never done before’
Nathalie Du Pasquier talks about trying something different at the Camden Arts Centre, and the difference between art and design
Sinister statues and shadowy portraits
Plus: Brice Marden’s painstaking exploration of paint and an Italian protégé of Duchamp makes his debut in London
The best of the new Biennale Paris
The Biennale des Antiquaires returns in its new guise as the Biennale Paris with an impressive showing of French fine and decorative arts
Do UK museums take photography seriously?
The transfer of the Royal Photographic Society’s collection from Bradford to London raises questions about the past, present and future of photography in museums
Mondrian gets his moment
The Gemeentemuseum has the largest collection of Mondrian’s works in the world – no wonder that it’s at the centre of the centenary celebrations of De Stijl this year
Flemish portraits, science fiction, and an avant-garde centenary
Antwerp’s Old Master treasures are on tour, while the Barbican is staging a sprawling but ambitious science fiction exhibition
Smoking with Hockney and Tacita Dean
Plus: lining up the evidence at Michael Hoppen Gallery; Fausto Melotti’s ingenious sculptures; and an unsung branch of the Bauhaus
Balancing the books at Yale University Press in London
Yale University Press in London is the world’s leading art publisher. What does its recent restructuring say about the press – and about art publishing in general?
Baldessari, Burtynsky and a lot of David Bowie at Photo London
It’s the variety and range of photographs on show that will ultimately come to define the fair
‘It is what it is.’ Dan Flavin’s iconic light fittings in the Ikon Gallery
Flavin’s fluorescent light pieces continue to transform the spaces in which they are installed. But time is changing how we see the pieces, too
Hal Foster on art after 1989 and the rise of the zombie
Hal Foster talks to Fatema Ahmed about art after the end of the Cold War, the cultural dominance of zombies, and why he eavesdrops in museums
Photo London preview
This is the week to see top photography in and of London – but don’t confine yourself to the main fair at Somerset House
Art and the Election: what exactly have the main political parties promised?
There’s not a lot to go on…
The forward-thinking director behind Frankfurt’s museums
Max Hollein discusses the challenges and rewards of running not one, but three, institutions
Shadowland: John Skoog’s tribute to cinema’s golden age
Faded cinemas and enigmatic landscapes hark back to Hollywood’s heyday at Pilar Corrias
Revolutionary whimsy: ‘Ruth Ewan: Back to the Fields’ at Camden Arts Centre
Is the artist’s latest show anything more than a charming tribute to a failed experiment?
‘Never Surrender’ – Luc Tuymans speaks out at his London show
Tuymans made his thoughts about Belgian copyright law known at his exhibition opening last week
In the Frame: Frederick Wiseman
Frederick Wiseman talks to Fatema Ahmed about his new film, National Gallery
The Fondation Louis Vuitton opens in Paris
The Fondation Louis Vuitton is the new home for the personal and corporate art collections of Bernard Arnault
12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Fatema Ahmed looks forward to John Akomfrah’s films at Lisson Gallery, a second edition of Photo London, and a mysterious show curated by Michel Houellebecq