Phaidon is revisiting its pioneering artists' monographs with a series of 'Classics' that reaffirms the importance of art publishing, and how it's changed
James King's biography of the artist is illuminating, but tends to overstate the link between Penrose's Surrealist art and his surreal personal life
Picabia seemed to sense the edginess of every decade in which he lived – and reinvented his art to reflect it
Bit by bit, the former military site in New York Harbor is being transformed into a cultural destination
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
Edmund Clark's eye-opening exhibition will make you think again about the impact and ethics of counter-terrorism and state control
The Dulwich Picture Gallery finally spotlights this British modernist, whose work owes much to Renaissance traditions
But Mexico's new museum will need to demonstrate greater curatorial independence if it's to flourish in the long-term
Public collections need eloquent and passionate defenders if they are to thrive in today's tough climate
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
LACMA takes a look at the last 300 years of menswear in 'Reigning Men', but fails to address some key issues clearly enough
Voysey’s designs were as pioneering as his architecture
Kubrick took an ‘infinite amount of care’ over his films. The same can't be said for this chaotic exhibition
The first catalogue raisonné of Aubrey Beardsley's works is a triumph – and a treat to pore through
The presenter's hunt for Van Gogh's missing ear has been packaged like a thriller
An exhibition at Tate Britain makes forceful claims for the imaginative use of memory in both art and photography
A year-long collaborative project at Somerset House celebrates the 500th anniversary of Thomas More's famous work
The writer has deployed the deadpan satirical streak that runs through his novels to defy the rules of contemporary art
Artist collectors, it emerges, are driven by a mix of motives from compulsion to emulation
The former director-general of the National Trust has written a spirited defence of Britain's rural areas
Neither painter seems afraid of trying new things in their respective shows at the Royal Academy and Serpentine Gallery
The Louvre-Lens has mounted a long overdue survey of Charles Le Brun's prodigious talents
The Brazilian artist was relentlessly inventive, moving from abstract drawing to 'critter'-like sculptures and, ultimately, participatory works
A welcome exhibition of the Indian artist's work reveals how he found inspiration in even the smallest of details
