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Gallery: Leon Underwood at Pallant House Gallery
Underwood was best known as a sculptor, but he also created powerful paintings and prints
The Sultan’s World
‘The Sultan’s World. The Ottoman Orient in Renaissance Art’ at BOZAR, Brussels, looks at how cultural exchanges between the Ottoman…
Gallery: ‘The Sultan’s World’ at BOZAR
From Botticelli to Dürer to Titian, Western artists of the Renaissance were influenced by the art and culture of the Ottoman Empire
Van Gogh to Rothko
‘Van Gogh to Rothko’ showcases some of the masterpieces of modern and post-war art in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art…
Gallery: ‘Van Gogh to Rothko’ at Crystal Bridges Museum
A few highlights from a touring exhibition of colourful modern masterpieces
The Week’s Muse: 14 February
Hiroshi Sugimoto on fossils and photos; In praise of postcards; The unlikely success of Fig-2; Five highlights from the Wadsworth; Tàpies in focus
Seeing Like A Camera: Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto talks to Thessaly La Force about how his art collection influences his work
Travelling Treasures: The Frick Collection at the Mauritshuis
Masterpieces from New York’s Frick Collection travel to The Hague
The Postcard Collector
Sophie Hill celebrates the postcard in a series of pop-up displays of pocket-sized art
Family Man: the Foundling Museum presents another side to Jacob Epstein
A candid look at the artist’s portraits of his children
Muse Reviews: 8 February
Christian Marclay at White Cube; ‘Self’ at Turner Contemporary; Piero di Cosimo at the NGA Washington; Jeremy Gardiner at Victoria Art Gallery
Great genius: Piero di Cosimo at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
It’s tempting to focus on the big loans, but the star of this particular show was in Washington all along
Forum: Is the golden age of art schools over?
Are art schools in danger of turning into finishing schools for those who can afford them, or can they survive as places where students can experiment?
Editor’s Letter: The Art of Mystery
Though it may not be fashionable to say so, a feeling for mystery should be integral to how we look at art
Poetry of the Metropolis
The Affichistes found inspiration in the tattered, torn posters and advertisements caught on walls throughout the streets of Rome and Paris.…
Acquisitions of the Month: January
New year, new acquistions: from Jérôme Bonaparte’s chandelier to an entire country cottage
Gallery: ‘Shatter Rupture Break’ at the Art Institute of Chicago
Fragments from an exhibition of the 20th century’s fractured art
Rob and Nick Carter: Chinese Whispers
Andy Warhol is renowned for his series – particularly his grids of screenprints, which obsessively reproduce an image until it seems to…
Gallery: ‘Poetry of the Metropolis’ at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
A celebration of the tattered, torn and pioneering work of the Affichistes
New Horizons: British art and flight
The advent of modern aviation had a decisive influence on the art of British modernists
The Week’s Muse: 24 January
BRAFA opens in Brussels; Theaster Gates wins the Artes Mundi Prize; art and craft at the NGCA
Gallery: ‘Self’ at Turner Contemporary
A selection of self-portraits from Turner Contemporary’s latest show
Unseen
The first in a series of revelatory displays at The Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Drawings Gallery will highlight the range…
London Diary: 22 February
Digby Warde-Aldam explores what London has to offer, from contemporary abstract painting to Sargent’s most disquieting portraits