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The art and craft of American pottery
American art ceramics haven’t received as much attention as they deserve, but a major gift to the Met is changing this
The Assyrian king who kept on killing lions
There were many ways to ward off danger in ancient Assyria – and some of them were carved into stone
Art to die for? – Velvet Buzzsaw reviewed
Demonic forces make their presence felt in this horror film set in the art world
How Josef Albers created the modern art school as we know it
A new biography of the Bauhaus artist and teacher shows that his influence can still be felt today
Paris, poets and a poodle – Beatrice Gibson at Camden Arts Centre, reviewed
Two new films pay tribute to avant-garde cultural figures, from Gertrude Stein to Pauline Oliveros
Christina Rossetti among the Pre-Raphaelites
The Brotherhood loomed large in the poet’s life, but she was careful to carve out her own creative space
Pairing Michelangelo with Bill Viola does one of the artists no favours
The Royal Academy offers a rare chance to see some of Michelangelo’s best drawings, but Viola’s videos are something of a distraction
Jewels that dazzle across time and space
From pre-Colombian ornaments to a McQueen bodysuit, the Met’s jewellery collection is a sight to behold
The mysterious masterpieces of Lorenzo Lotto
The Venetian painter was overshadowed by Titian in his day, but his subtle portraits have a very modern appeal
The groundbreaking squiggles of Saul Steinberg
Le Corbusier once told the Romanian-American cartoonist that he drew ‘like a king’
The unsettling domesticity of Jean Cooke
The claustrophobia in this British painter’s work hints at a talent stifled by her better-known artist husband
Did Italian art ever really take a Romantic turn?
Italian artists have been neglected in histories of the pan-European movement
The most beautiful boy in the Roman empire
Antinous, favourite of the emperor Hadrian, was commemorated all over the Roman world. He is a more troubling figure today
‘Joan Mitchell is the real star here’
Pairing the Abstract Expressionist’s work with that of her longtime partner Jean-Paul Riopelle makes it clear she was the greater artist
The freedom Gainsborough found in painting his family
The artist’s portraits of his household are more spontaneous than his commercial work
Poetry and pessimism at the 12th Shanghai Biennale
Grand narratives of progress are undermined in a surprisingly understated edition of the Chinese biennial
The modern painters who were mad about Frans Hals
Van Gogh, Whistler, Sargent and Manet were just some of the major artists who made pilgrimages to Haarlem to see Hals’s work
Close encounters with the gods in court paintings from north India
Painters at the Pahari courts found new ways to represent the Hindu gods in the 17th and 18th centuries
The cosmopolitan art of Anglo-Saxon England
The British Library demonstrates that Anglo-Saxon culture looked to Europe and beyond
The endless inventions of Bruce Nauman
Drawing, video, sculpture and performance – no medium is out of bounds for the titan of American art
How Mantegna and Bellini reshaped the Renaissance
A thrilling survey of the two quattrocento masters highlights their many differences
This film inspired by Gerhard Richter won’t tell you much about his art
Never Look Away is based on the life of the great German artist – but it doesn’t do justice to his work
Kinetic art – a field that has always refused to stand still
From Calder to Kusama, modern and contemporary artists have created many different versions of kinetic art
The impressive cultural achievements of China’s Qing empresses
New research shows that women in the Forbidden City had more influence on the arts than previously thought
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