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Mugs, jugs and modern art – Ben Nicholson at Pallant House, reviewed
The painter had a keen eye for crockery – and the best pieces from his collection got to star in his art
Our pick of this year’s London Art Week
The galleries of Mayfair and St James’s are open again – with all manner of masterpieces on offer
Bourse majeure – François Pinault’s palace of art
The former stock exchange building in Paris has been filled with blue-chip art from the French billionaire’s collection
Food for thought at the Museum of the Home
With Apollo’s food column to fill, Thomas Marks heads to the reimagined museum in East London to inspect its kitchens
Poor Matt Hancock – he could still be taking it easy as culture secretary
The beleaguered health secretary probably enjoyed the culture brief more than his current role
Four sports that have produced some half-decent art
Sport nowhere for most of last year – and now sport everywhere. But there is some passable sport art out there, we promise…
How to cook like a minimalist architect
Recipes from the table of John Pawson are as pared-back as his architecture – which is all a little too perfect
Emmanuel Macron wants every teenager in France to go on a cultural shopping spree – but will they?
Every 18 year old in France has been given €300 to spend on culture
In the studio with… Betty Tompkins
During the pandemic the pioneering feminist painter has retreated to her studio in rural Pennsylvania, where she has truly embraced the quiet life
Period drama: do country house exhibitions need a shake-up?
Museums might be better at bringing the contents of grand historic piles to life than the houses themselves
The path to self-improvement, according to Marina Abramovic
The artist has partnered up with WeTransfer to create a digital version of the Abramovic Method, a series of exercises that will test your patience to its limit
Bloomsbury’s gooseberry? ‘Clive Bell and the Making of Modernism’, reviewed
Clive Bell is now best known as Vanessa’s husband – but a new biography replenishes his role in promoting modernism in Britain
The king of collage – an interview with Peter Blake
The artist talks to Martin Gayford about a life spent pushing the possibilities of collage, from his Sgt. Pepper cover to recent digital experiments
The fine art (of sorts) of Euro 2020 football kits
The Italians have opted for a ‘Renaissance design’ – although the floral patterning looks more William Morris than Michelangelo
2 Tone was never just about the music – as this show in Coventry makes clear
2 Tone began as a ska-inspired record label, but swiftly became a look and a political stance – and a defining moment in British cultural history
The clay’s the thing – Ceramic: Art and Civilisation, reviewed
Paul Greenhalgh’s ambitious survey takes us from the ancient Greeks to Picasso and beyond
Scents and sensibility: why smell counts in art
The visual arts have often toyed with odours and smells, however challenging they are to represent
A home for empathy and artists, in a former socialist-realist district of Cracow
Utopia Home – International Empathy Centre will provide a place of interaction, exchange and community for the artists and residents of Cracow in Poland
Australian art that doesn’t beat about the bush – The National 2021, reviewed
A survey of new Australian art presents a planet in crisis – but it’s more uplifting than it sounds
For Etel Adnan, a show in Turkey is a symbolic homecoming
A retrospective at the Pera Museum in Istanbul demonstrates the vast geographic sweep of the Lebanese-American artist’s work and biography – including her Ottoman roots
Rankin’s Great British Photography Challenge is too polite for its own good
The TV competition series is billed as a ‘masterclass’ – and none of the contestants will be booted off until the finale. Where’s the fun in that?
All art is for children – and great art can make children of us all
Modern masters from Joseph Cornell to Paul Klee have produced works expressly for children, writes Ben Street – but perhaps all great art is a type of child’s play?
John Craxton was a great artist – but his real talent was for living life to the full
A new biography of the British painter has a fine sense of his precocious talent – and real feeling for his rakish charm
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Will unions make a difference at US museums?
Union drives have accelerated during the pandemic, but museum workers have been frustrated with management for years, write Dana Kopel and Maxwell L. Anderson