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High tech before big tech – ‘Electric Dreams’ at Tate Modern, reviewed
High tech before big tech – ‘Electric Dreams’ at Tate Modern, reviewedThese artistic experiments by early embracers of new technologies already look charmingly retro
The avant-garde painters who went round in circles
Whether Orphism can be called a coherent movement is one thing, but its practitioners produced some excellent art
When gladiators roamed the British Isles
A touring exhibition of gladiatorial objects found in Britain makes a stab at getting to the heart of our fascination with the amphitheatre, but does it succeed?
The real saints and scribes of medieval Europe, celebrity edition
The British Library’s exhibition of women in the Middle Ages who were creative and intellectual pioneers is a red-carpet affair
Picabia, the painter who refused to be pinned down
In his final works, some of which have never been shown before, the endlessly restless artist adopted an abstract style that challenges us to look for hidden meanings
The loneliest Bauhaus architect in America – The Brutalist, reviewed
Brady Corbet’s epically long film starring Adrien Brody as a Bauhaus-trained architect in America conveniently pretends that all the real Bauhaus-trained architects who made it to America never existed
Tech bros of Versailles – ‘Science and Splendour’ at the Science Museum, reviewed
Technology and ornament went hand in hand at the court of Louis XIV, and his successors expected the same from the scientific advances of their day
The Donald who didn’t like Nazis
The Disney star was a marvel of 20th-century industrial production and the Second World War was his finest hour, writes Todd McEwen
Meet John Singer Sargent’s favourite family
The artist painted the Wertheimers 12 times, in portraits that shed light on the changing fortunes of an extraordinary family
Augustus the Strong’s weakness for luxury
Tim Blanning’s masterful biography demonstrates that the despotic ruler of Saxony and Poland was rubbish at war, but had absolutely fabulous taste in art
The gardens that had to make way for London’s growth
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan’s exhibition about the capital’s lost green spaces yields a rich crop of curiosities
Romare Bearden and all that jazz
The artist’s collages inspired by his time in Paris reflect his love of the city’s music scene and reverence for the likes of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
The camp mastery of Roger Moore’s Bond
The actor may not have had much range, but he always played himself to perfection and brought that sense of panache to his most famous role
The Sienese painters who sparked a revolution in European art
The innovations of artists in the first half of the 14th century created new pathways for painting for centuries to come
Citizen Guillaume – the painter whose fortunes followed the French Revolution’s
The story of an artist who has been forgotten for nearly 200 years reflects the hopes and failures of the turbulent times he lived through
What the shape of things to come used to look like
Glenn Adamson’s new book shows that predictions about the future have always spoken volumes about the present
Pierre Bonnard’s world of interiors
The painter’s vibrant domestic scenes are full of revealing details – and so is Isabelle Cahn’s weighty new biography of the painter
The art of crossing continents – ‘Silk Roads’ at the British Museum, reviewed
An exhibition about the civilisations that could be found along the trade route connects cultures at every turn, writes Sameer Rahim
How Egon Schiele saw the world
In his paintings of landscapes and townscapes, the artist created scenes that are as psychologically complex as his portraits
The manly art of Gustave Caillebotte
The French painter was unusual among his Impressionist peers for preferring to depict men at work and at play
Dominique White plumbs the depths of history
An exhibition of work by the winner of the Max Mara Art Prize hints at the horror of the transatlantic slave trade
A fitting tribute to Dior
An imaginative exhibition in The Hague stresses how much the fashion house still owes to its founder
On Kawara, serial dater
Best known for the thousands of works in his ‘Date Paintings’ series, the Japanese artist has never been more of an enigma, as a pair of shows in London and Paris reveal
Lucy McKenzie gets to grips with reality
In a major new exhibition, the artist has created a world in miniature, full of panoramic views, trompe l’oeil murals and imitations of everyday life
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