Art

Her portraits of women in active roles and her self-belief make her a pioneering figure in art history

The exhibition Political Prisoners in Contemporary Spain brings a much-needed political frisson to tourist-friendly Barcelona

The Istanbul Modern has been forced to cooperate with the government and compromise on its politics

This new music shines a light on the Carnic Alps, one of Europe’s most obscure regions with a fast-fading culture

To the Dutchman commercial art was just as fulfilling as something more purely creative – and it came with a wage

How Paul Nougé helped create a movement... then disowned it

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s theatre, books and cinema

This is the country’s first museum dedicated to telling the whole story of the darkest period in European history. Will it get it right?

The artist championing the Arctic’s mistreated, reindeer-raising Sámi people

Born with a talent for living – and living off others – the painter never quite seemed to fit in. Then he discovered Greece

How a young woman finally unlocked the life ahead of her by spending a year at Wordsworth’s cottage in the Lake District

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s film, TV and art

Is a masterpiece diminished simply because lots of people like it? Of course not

Rothko’s Seagram murals come to Paris

How an illiterate model reinvented herself as one of Italy’s greatest modern painters

The mythology around the Spanish civil war lives on in Munich

The artist's landscapes inspired German romanticism and are now turning him into a green icon

The icon of St Matrona of Moscow and Stalin has caused a remarkable division of opinion in Georgia, culminating in an act of vandalism

Satire, sadness and the home truths about a divided nation

A hugely ambitious exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art shows how a burgeoning sense of nationhood gripped many European countries in 1918

With only 20 of his works left in the world, the National Gallery is hosting the first exhibition devoted to the Renaissance master

Virtually unknown on arrival in England, the painter used his contacts – as well as his talent – to rise through Henry VIII’s court

After the battle comes the reckoning – even for the winners

A number of anniversaries means it's going to be a year to savour for the visual arts

Britain needs a government that doesn’t shy away from culture and art

A new exhibition celebrates a long-running but uncelebrated movement

For one brief moment, five very different artists – including Van Gogh and Seurat – sought inspiration on the banks of the Seine

Several standout exhibitions this year moved beyond simply flagging the work of “forgotten” artist women

There are many interpretations of its meaning. Are we witness to a dark memory, a sexual desire or a surrealist Pinocchio?

The artwork, worth £1.4m has been taken down in Leave-supporting Dover

The British Museum should be a place of cognition but it's not

The argument that only the British Museum can protect the marbles isn’t accepted in Greece