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Rachel Whiteread takes to the hills on Governors Island
Bit by bit, the former military site in New York Harbor is being transformed into a cultural destination
The artist proving that beauty is on the inside – literally
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva has used animal fat, intestines, and testicles in her work – not to shock, but to reveal the beauty in things that would normally disgust us
A frightening take on the War on Terror at the IWM
Edmund Clark’s eye-opening exhibition will make you think again about the impact and ethics of counter-terrorism and state control
It’s about time Winifred Knights got some attention
The Dulwich Picture Gallery finally spotlights this British modernist, whose work owes much to Renaissance traditions
The Museo Espacio makes a splash in Aguascalientes
But Mexico’s new museum will need to demonstrate greater curatorial independence if it’s to flourish in the long-term
Save our museums!
Public collections need eloquent and passionate defenders if they are to thrive in today’s tough climate
The very best of Chinese imperial art comes to San Francisco
It’s been 20 years since Taipei’s National Palace Museum loaned works to the US – now’s the chance to see their Chinese treasures
Men’s fashion choices, from Yankee Doodle to Marlon Brando
LACMA takes a look at the last 300 years of menswear in ‘Reigning Men’, but fails to address some key issues clearly enough
C.F.A. Voysey’s designs reveal his ‘puritanical love of simplicity’
Voysey’s designs were as pioneering as his architecture
Is this exhibition Stanley Kubrick’s worst nightmare?
Kubrick took an ‘infinite amount of care’ over his films. The same can’t be said for this chaotic exhibition
Quite mad and a little indecent’ – the complete works of Aubrey Beardsley
The first catalogue raisonné of Aubrey Beardsley’s works is a triumph – and a treat to pore through
Has Jeremy Paxman made the most sensational Van Gogh documentary ever?
The presenter’s hunt for Van Gogh’s missing ear has been packaged like a thriller
How photography and painting focused the Victorian mind
An exhibition at Tate Britain makes forceful claims for the imaginative use of memory in both art and photography
Utopian dreams: Imagining what utopia might mean today
A year-long collaborative project at Somerset House celebrates the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s famous work
Michel Houellebecq’s new exhibition is extremely terrible and utterly compelling
The writer has deployed the deadpan satirical streak that runs through his novels to defy the rules of contemporary art
‘I buy! I buy! I can’t stop myself’: Artists as collectors at the National Gallery
Artist collectors, it emerges, are driven by a mix of motives from compulsion to emulation
Fighting for the beauty of the British landscape
The former director-general of the National Trust has written a spirited defence of Britain’s rural areas
David Hockney and Alex Katz: two great colourists on top form
Neither painter seems afraid of trying new things in their respective shows at the Royal Academy and Serpentine Gallery
Stepping out of the Sun King’s shadow
The Louvre-Lens has mounted a long overdue survey of Charles Le Brun’s prodigious talents
‘It’s you who now give expression to my thoughts’: Lygia Clark’s art in London
The Brazilian artist was relentlessly inventive, moving from abstract drawing to ‘critter’-like sculptures and, ultimately, participatory works
Art and life in the work of Bhupen Khakhar
A welcome exhibition of the Indian artist’s work reveals how he found inspiration in even the smallest of details
Conceptual art’s all talk – and that’s a problem for curators
Tate’s ‘Conceptual art in Britain’ show is remarkably dense and text heavy, but then how could it be anything else?
Meditations on migration: Michael Joo at the Smithsonian
In his new installation in Washington the artist the has produced a powerful meditation on diaspora and resilience
China meets the South Downs in a new departure for the Cass Sculpture Foundation
The 18 Chinese artists involved in ‘A Beautiful Disorder’ have created sculptures that deliberately disrupt our view of the English landscape
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