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‘A six-gun salute to the bespectacled one’ – Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, reviewed
The designer’s infatuation with the fine arts ran deep, as a series of exhibitions throughout the city’s museums makes clear
Will the new Burrell Collection give Glasgow global reach?
After six years of work, the city’s most singular museum is reopening. But while it is once again filled with wonders, there are also questions to be answered
Is Anna Sorokin bringing prison art back in vogue?
The scammer of the art world has now joined its ranks – but how does the work she has made in jail measure up to the great prison art of the past?
Meet Magritte – the man behind the apple
Bowler hats off to a new biography of the painter that chips away at the Belgian’s bourgeois veneer
The mountain stronghold that has kept Georgia’s medieval art safe for centuries
The Svaneti Museum of History and Ethnography is a testament to the local people’s long-standing determination to preserve their cultural heritage
In the studio with… Hulda Guzmán
The painter of fantastical jungle scenes can actually see the forest from her studio in the Dominican Republic – but she’s not afraid to use her imagination
The bawdy world of kabuki theatre
This elegant Japanese tradition with earthy origins has long provided Japanese printmakers with rewardingly risqué material
Whatever happened to Bruce Wayne’s good taste?
Robert Pattinson’s caped crusader has a fine line in leather boots – but, alas, none of his forebears’ flair for home decoration
Pressing the flesh – an interview with Dorothy Cross
The sculptor used to make work made out of meat, but although she now uses marble she is still fascinated by processes of decay
In Carlo Crivelli’s tricksy paintings, nothing is as it seems
The painter employed trompe l’oeil like no artist before or since – and his box of tricks makes for a real treat at Ikon in Birmingham
How every age has invented a Stonehenge to suit itself
The prehistoric monument may seem timeless, but enthusiasts have constantly reimagined the site to suit their own preoccupations
The deep humanity of Shirley Hughes animates every page of her work
The author of beloved books such as the ‘Alfie’ series and ‘Dogger’ simply knew how children look and act
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2022
A remarkable Renaissance roundel from Mantua and a painting by Lavinia Fontana are among this month’s highlights
School for sandals – educating artists at Benton End
Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines’s art school in Suffolk was an unusual meeting of rural idyll and bohemian vice
‘Stand back and the hearts form constellations of sorrow’ – at the Covid memorial wall in London
The wall is an extraordinary piece of public art and grassroots activism that combines personal remembrance and political statement
Holbein’s signs and seals really deliver at the Morgan Library
By homing in on Holbein’s miniatures, this survey of the Renaissance master gives us a broad picture of the world he lived in
Charles Ray and the art of keeping body and soul together
The sculptor may work with many different materials but the main ingredient in his art, he says, is time
Dan Graham regarded himself as a rebel – and the art world could do with more of his attitude
The conceptual artist and writer wasn’t afraid to stir things up, but he was also a great spotter and supporter of other people’s talent
Only the art world could have been fooled by Anna Sorokin for so long
The story of the scammer who passed herself off as an heiress should make for must-see television, but reality far outstrips Shonda Rhimes’s overly safe retelling
The mystery of the lost Maya sculpture
Andew James Hamilton follows the efforts to find a Maya carving that was first uncovered in 1950, but has since seemingly disappeared from view
Infant prodigy – is this the most unusual baby picture in art history?
Lorenzo Tiepolo has long languished in the shadow of his much more famous father and brother – but his was a very singular talent
Can the Louvre really counter Islamophobia in France?
A major exhibition across 18 venues is highlighting the rich variety of Islamic art. But can it stem the growing prejudices in French society?
The hellish mining scenes of George Bissill
The ‘pitman painter’s scenes of men down the mines conjure up a lost world of herculean effort
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