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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
The Liverpool Biennial’s emphasis on local identity could not be more prescient
The sociopolitical slant of this year’s event has added weight in light of the Brexit vote. Can a city’s regeneration be artist-led?
The art of power in ancient Pergamon
How did a minor Greek dynasty create one of the greatest sites of Hellenistic art?
‘A poster has to be joyous’. The energy and enthusiasm of Willem Sandberg
The designer and director of the Stedelijk Museum had a remarkable life: don’t miss an opportunity to learn about him at the De La Warr Pavilion
Scottish artists who turned to the dark side
A survey of postwar Scottish art reacting against the forces of reason includes wonderful pieces, but explains its own meaning a little too neatly
‘Remainder’ replays the past in a doomed search for the truth
Let’s face it, this film about a man struggling to regain a sense of reality is perfect viewing this week
If walls could talk…The Ethics of Dust at Westminster Hall
An evocative new installation in the oldest surviving part of the Houses of Parliament strikes a chord
Québec’s latest project could transform the city’s cultural scene
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ)’s new pavilion is an ambitious project that unites city, park and museum
How Rainham Hall, a house with a history but no original contents, has come to life
At Rainham Hall, the National Trust has risen to the challenge of animating and interpreting an 18th-century sea captain’s house
This year’s Berlin Biennale should get rid of the art
The curators’ vision of an iDystopian world can only work if it’s all-encompassing. The more obvious artworks just dilute the effect
Don’t miss Dobson’s drawings at Daniel Katz gallery
The rough-and-tumble humanity of the modern British sculptor’s sketches is refreshing to see
Poetry and violence in the work of Francis Alÿs
The Belgian artist brings the subject of drug wars in Mexico to the heart of Mayfair: but he insists that art comes before politics
‘Taste the essence’ of Indian painting
A new book promises to open up the world of Indian art to a wide new audience
This Cindy Sherman exhibition is good – but have we seen it all before?
Sherman’s groundbreaking work paved the way for so many of today’s artists – but her own creations are starting to seem too familiar
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