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Find the time to look longer and harder at art
Art demands close attention. The new ‘Slow Art Workshops’ provide unique opportunities to study and even handle objects of great beauty
‘The first ROSC exhibition was, by all accounts, a seismic event’
Looking back on Ireland’s ROSC art exhibitions, which ran from 1967–88
A radical new look at the greatest of Elizabethan artists
Two portraits newly attributed to Nicholas Hilliard will transform our understanding of the artist
The Tate was right to look again at queer British art
Context is as crucial to this exhibition as the art itself. Tate strikes a tricky balance between the two
A look back over Rodin’s rollercoaster career
The French sculptor attracted commissions and controversy in equal measure, and his reputation is constantly being reassessed
Enrique Metinides made an art out of looking at people looking at death
The photographer’s images of disaster combine grisly detail with gifted composition, and implicate the viewer as much as the gathering crowds at the scene
Are things looking up for women in the arts?
Women artists have long been underrepresented on the world stage. On International Women’s Day, we celebrate some notable recent attempts at change
‘On some level, I’m just looking for good problems to solve’
Theaster Gates is best known for the regeneration project he initiated in the South Side of Chicago. Such social engagement is crucial to his work
McDonald’s has opened its first ‘museum-restaurant’. Honest!
The McDonald’s branch where you can now visit an archaeological site while you nibble your McNuggets
A look back at the beautifully inventive art of the Mamluks
The artistic achievements of the Mamluks rival those of the Renaissance, argued Mahonri Sharp Young in a 1981 issue of Apollo
An alternative vision of life in Letchworth, the world’s first Garden City
The radicalism of Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City is often overlooked, but Letchworth is an utopian success
Flashback looks set to scale new heights in Turin
With an array of great works on offer, Flashback returns to Turin for what should be a triumphant fourth edition
A closer look at the Chinese and Japanese masterpieces in the Royal Collection
More than 2,000 objects of porcelain, lacquer, jade, enamel and ivory have been catalogued, researched, conserved, and photographed
TEFAF takes its treasures across the Atlantic for the first time
The celebrated TEFAF art fair will opens its doors at New York’s Park Avenue Armory this month. Susan Moore selects her highlights from the landmark event
A fresh look at Philadelphia’s unrivalled collection of South Asian art
A renovation project at the Philadelphia Museum of Art pays tribute to Stella Kramrisch, the woman who made their collection possible
A look ahead at October’s art market highlights
London’s PAD stands out among the Frieze week fairs; Christie’s auctions works from Leslie Waddington’s collection, while Sotheby’s focuses on Islamic art
A long hard look at Ryan Gander: An interview with the artist
Ryan Gander’s new exhibition at the Lisson Gallery turns the spectator into the spectacle
It’s time to look again at the golden age of sleaze and splendour
Was the French Second Empire as morally and artistically bankrupt as its critics made it out to be?
What do architects look like?
Most architects look unremarkable – and this has always been the case
Art Basel strives to look beyond the exclusive world of the fair
This year’s edition has a notably political edge, while the Art Basel organisation is working on wider cultural partnerships
Outlooks: Josephine Halvorson
Storm King Art Center will present Measures, three new works by Josephine Halvorson as its annual ‘Outlooks’ series, which invites one…
Keep Looking: Fred Tomaselli’s Birds
Five painting/collages, a tapestry, and a selection of ‘Field Guide’ works by Fred Tomaselli are featured in the Toledo Museum…
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A new look for a 19th-century museum in Nantes
The Musée d’arts de Nantes reveals its new extension and rehangs its collection, making seamless connections between past and present