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Contemporary art has a new home – at the Vatican
Pope Francis seems to be a fan of contemporary art – and he’s hardly the first pontiff to have encouraged the latest artistic developments
The messy reality of immaculate still lives
Rebecca Birrell’s absorbing book asks us to look beneath the surface of work by women artists – but perhaps a rose sometimes really is just a rose?
Dostoevsky’s distrust of the West ran deep – but so did his love of the Old Masters
The novelist revered Raphael’s Sistine Madonna – and Holbein’s Dead Christ almost induced an epileptic fit
‘You get to give objects a new life’ – an interview with Aaron Kudi
The sculptor talks to Apollo about the role of chance, rap music, and investigating spirituality
In the studio with… Lucy McKenzie
The artist with a training in trompe l’oeil painting keeps ring binders with recipes for gilding and how to create a convincing sky
A century of art from Northern Ireland inevitably paints a complex picture
An exhibition in Belfast marking 100 years of the country treads rather carefully, for understandable reasons
Missionary position – David Livingstone’s birthplace gets a makeover
It’s not easy to repackage a museum devoted to a Victorian missionary, but the David Livingstone Birthplace Museum has pulled it off
Jasper Johns, American dreamer
A monumental two-part survey in Philadelphia and New York proves that the artist has always forged his own path
Poussin’s dancers pass the test of time
Time is suspended in Nicolas Poussin’s paintings of dancers who revel in the viewer’s attention
‘He found the extraordinary everywhere’ – a tribute to Atta Kwami (1956–2021)
The Ghanaian artist’s vivid prints, paintings and architectural structures were inspired by inner-city life in Kumasi
Britain’s oldest synagogue is safe for now – but developers still threaten its future
Bevis Marks has seen off the latest threat to its existence, but such a significant site deserves much better
Damascene conversion – the knotty religious history of the Umayyad Mosque
Built to rival the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the great mosque in Damascus has always been claimed by rival faiths
The airborne art of Eugenio Dittborn
The Chilean artist’s practice of folding up his work and posting it to galleries began as a means of evading the censors
In the studio with… Tschabalala Self
The artist has a strict curfew when it comes to working late in her studio in New Haven – her absolute cut-off is 7pm
At home with the Stuarts – Palaces of Revolution by Simon Thurley, reviewed
A new study reminds us that royal palaces were places to live in as well as impressive displays of power
How Francis Bacon got by – with a lot of help from his friends
A new biography of the painter gives full credit to the cast of characters who supported him before he found success
The streetwise ways of the Museum of Homelessness
From street actions to art exhibitions, the organisation empowers homeless people to tell their own stories
Frieze week highlights: Sickert’s portraits and Hampstead Garden Suburb in the 1970s
The painter’s brooding portraits and Wangari Mathenge’s colourful interiors are among the shows to see this year
Beyond Frieze – London’s galleries put their best foot forward and 1-54 returns
Somerset House hosts the London edition of 1-54 and galleries across the capital make the most of the limelight
Galleries are thinking bigger at Frieze Masters this year
With fewer but larger stands at the fair, prepare for more in-depth and showstopping presentations in Regent’s Park
All aboard – the transporting art of Jack B. Yeats
Although grounded in actual places and actual people, the artist’s subjects were always utterly transformed by his imagination, writes Tom Walker
Spinning yarns with Sheila Hicks
The acclaimed textile artist, a maestro of colour and master manipulator of thread, explains why it’s more interesting to make mistakes
This year’s Turner Prize nominees are all doing valuable work – but why compare them?
The shortlisted collectives are more interested in what takes place outside the museum – so considering them for an art prize seems besides the point
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Should museums be dabbling in NFTs?
Bernadine Bröcker Wieder and Douglas McCarthy consider what museums are really selling when they mint NFTs – and what serious collectors want