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Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots; José María Velasco: A View of Mexico – review

Serpentine South Gallery; National Gallery, London
The arte povera veteran’s passionate celebration of trees risks being eclipsed by the real ones that surround it. And a 19th-century Mexican polymat…

23 days ago

‘Freak pictures’: Ireland’s art revolutionaries who were treated so badly one fled to a nunnery

They were artistic trailblazers, bringing modernism to the then deeply conservative country. But Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett faced huge hostility. Now a thrilling new show is celebrating their brill…

37 days ago

Dressing Naomi Campbell, Cate Blanchett and a show inside a skirt: Martin Grant’s 40-year career – in pictures

From 1980s Melbourne to 2020s Paris, the Australian fashion designer reflects on some of the highlights of his career, featured in a major retrospective at the National Gallery of Victoria

47 days ago

Borderline genius: how José María Velasco’s landscapes redefined perceptions of Mexico

An exhibition of works by the 19th-century artist shows his role in creating a sense of Mexican identity – revealing that he was more polymath than painter

Due to the longstanding political and terri…

‘The Polynesians loved him’: the astonishing revelations that cast Paul Gauguin in a new light

He has been tarred as a French colonialist who spread syphilis to underage girls in the South Seas. But, writes the author of an acclaimed new book, fresh discoveries challenge this view of the artis…

64 days ago

‘Ambition beyond words’: How Siena’s art revolution brought heaven down to earth

Before the Black Death devastated Siena, the city thrummed with energy, expressed in art and architecture designed to dazzle its audience – and which still astonishes 800 years later

If you want to kn…

66 days ago

Fresh doubt cast on authenticity of Rubens painting in National Gallery

Exclusive: Art historian points to ‘bad craftsmanship’ in 17th-century work entitled Samson and Delilah

Doubts about whether Peter Paul Rubens painted the Samson and Delilah picture in the National G…

71 days ago

National Gallery of Australia says it covered Palestinian flags on tapestry after security assessment

Critics say NGA decision ‘is nothing less than a disgraceful act of censorship’ that is ‘rooted in political cowardice’

The National Gallery of Australia claims it covered Palestinian flags in a major…

72 days ago

‘This is censorship’: Palestinian flags covered up in major exhibition at National Gallery of Australia

Exclusive: Pacific Indigenous art collective claims NGA cited ‘high level’ security risk in direction to remove Palestinian flag from tapestry

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