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Runway successes – the appeal of fashion exhibitions in museums
Celebrations of costumes and couture are more popular than ever, but is there more to these shows than spectacle?
Natalia Goncharova
From religious paintings to radical body art – the Russian avant-garde pioneer gets her first UK survey
Retrospectives are no longer just for artists – galleries are getting in on the game
A show exploring the legacy of Drew Gallery Projects in Canterbury is part of a wider recent trend
On the trail of Maria Lai in Sardinia
The folklore and customs of her island home provided rich material for the artist to spin her own yarns
‘I have always set off in new directions’ – an interview with Leiko Ikemura
The Japanese-Swiss artist talks about her work across drawing, painting and ceramics – currently on view in Basel
Lots (and lots) of Leonard Cohen
First there was a major show in New York, now there’s a cache of letters at auction…
‘I think of my sculptures as toys’ – an interview with Enrico David
The London-based artist discusses the darker side of play – and offers insight into his enigmatic sculptures
Funny and unflinching – Eleanor Antin bares all at LACMA
The now-octogenarian artist has revisited her most famous work – and it only gets better with age
Munch’s prints are obsessive and repetitive – but a revelation all the same
He took to the medium with great speed, producing works that display a rich debt to the Old Masters
Canes, corsets and peacock feathers – ‘Boldini and Fashion’ reviewed
The Ferrarese painter spent his career capturing the whims of fashion – but the results are far from superficial
Gauguin: Portraits
Tracing the painter’s life through his images of others – from his early career in Paris to his Tahitian voyages
The painter who made his name on the Western Front
Alfred Munnings was an official war artist who took a curiously pastoral approach to the conflict
Lavish tapestries and pious paintings – Bernard van Orley weaves his magic in Brussels
The Flemish master, whose workshop was one of the busiest in 16th-century Brussels, gets his first major survey in the city of his birth
Flowers, hyenas and haunted hotels – the surreal world of Dorothea Tanning
The Tate’s survey of Tanning’s long career testifies to her lifelong commitment to Surrealism
The great Renaissance cover-up
Titian and Bronzino have incurred the wrath of a librarian at a Baptist college in Florida
The landscape painters who invented Norway
Harald Sohlberg and Edvard Munch inherited a lively tradition that helped define the new nation
Arshile Gorky (1904–1948)
The Armenian painter formed a bridge between the European and American avant-gardes
Fortuny: A Family Story
From fine art to high fashion – exploring the many talents of the Spanish father and son
Andrea del Verrocchio steps out of the shadow of his star pupil
The Florentine master, who took Leonardo as an apprentice, was perhaps the most influential artist of his day
‘Hers was a life of adventure, wonder, separation and survival’ – on Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
The Iranian artist’s distinctive mirror and glass sculptures were inspired by the architecture of her native country
Frieze, 1–54, and more – what’s in store in New York this month
A large slice of the Big Apple is given over to the two contemporary art fairs this May
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Should Notre-Dame be reconstructed faithfully?
Paul Binski and Douglas Murphy weigh in on the debate over how Paris’s great cathedral should be rebuilt post-fire