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Jordaens: Ardent Artifice
Jordaens has languished in the shadow of Rubens and Van Dyck, but an exhibition at the Petit Palais brings the artist back into the spotlight
In the Eye of the Collector
‘Désirs et Volupté’, a selection of Victorian art from the Pérez Simón collection at the Musée Jacquemart-André, won’t be to everyone’s taste
Fresh Air
New galleries continue to open in the east of London, despite rueful talk of the area’s artistic demise
Imperfect Importance: Laura Knight
Laura Knight is undoubtedly an important figure in British art and history; she’s just not a particularly inspiring painter
Flesh over Bone
Francis Bacon wins the latest bout between artistic heavyweights, against Henry Moore at the Ashmolean
On the Outskirts: Lowry at Tate
Tate’s long-awaited exhibition makes an ambitious but confused attempt to bring Lowry in from the cold
20/21 British Art Fair
Roisin Astell speaks with some of this year’s exhibitors and bumps into Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood…
Trajectory
He may be more famous for his sculptural work, but Richard Serra’s etchings at the Alan Cristea Gallery carry their own weight.
The Dark Side
Georg Baselitz’s powerful sculptures and paintings acquire a slick black gloss at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac’s Paris Pantin Space
Paper Tigers
The Saatchi Gallery’s latest exhibition promises great things, but too many works fail to deliver
Review: Role Plays
Stage-set scenarios and incongruous figure groupings lend Jockum Nordström’s work at the Camden Arts Centre an unsettling appeal
Poetry in Motion
An exhibition of Choucair’s work at Tate Modern proves that lack of exposure does not equate to lack of status
Chickening Out
Katharina Fritsch’s blue cock should be commended for attracting genuine public interest without resorting to shock tactics beyond a bad pun
Review: Curiouser and Curiouser
Unexpected connections abound in Brian Dillon’s eclectic cabinet of curiosities
Review: Inside Out
The Royal Academy’s exhibition devoted to Richard Rogers is justifiably – but perhaps excessively – ambitious
Review: The Art of Music
An exhibition on Vermeer and music at London’s National Gallery is a harmonious triumph
Review: Giants in the Field
Moore and Rodin make unlikely bedfellows but their pairing at Perry Green results in some fruitful juxtapositions
Review: Ghost in the Machine
This summer Michael Landy brings giant robots to the National Gallery in London
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