Exhibitions
Cliché and a lack of feeling: Richard Shiff explains why critics have failed painting
Painting lives on, but the critical terms stagnate and slacken, the art historian says
Rare exhibition of Rodin sculptures to open in London
Only works produced in artist’s lifetime will be included
The Flux-Labyrinth: a multisensory bombardment from a more innocent time
The reconstruction of a playful installation from the 1970s at Frieze New York failed to fully conjure its original anarchic, prankster spirit
Museums pay tribute to the art that Aids made
The 1980s art world was devastated by HIV/Aids, but artists made era-defining work even as their peers were dying from the disease. Now, US institutions are recognising the extent of their legacy, with numerous shows planned
French art space forged from metalworks
Venue for socio-political art to open in converted armaments factory in Maubourguet
Berlinische Galerie reopens after refurbishment
German capital’s 1960s urban renewal is explored in new shows
A long, hard march: Jacob Lawrence’s paintings delve into a difficult period of American history
Joanna Robotham takes a look at MoMA’s survey of art made during the Great Migration
‘God’s stencil set’ comes to Peckham
Bold Tendencies in south London unveils large-scale commission by Richard Wentworth
Jasper Johns behind new Manhattan project space
The artist’s foundation has launched a studio apartment-sized venue for exhibitions in the Meatpacking District
Etchings can draw in the crowds
Etchings by the French draughtsman Jacques Callot go on show in Moscow
Nitsch’s cancelled Mexico show to open in Sicily
Controversial artist’s canvases, photos and videos to be displayed at Palermo’s Museo Zac after Museo Jumex exhibition pulled
Solo Calder show is a first for Russia
Artist’s grandson welcomes ‘long overdue’ retrospective at the Pushkin featuring more than 50 works
Beautiful brutality: the splendours of violence at the Venice Biennale
The central exhibition at the Venice Biennale is searing but splendid, even if it raises moral concerns
Scandinavia gets spotted fever with Yayoi Kusama tour
Show includes fashion designs as well as early drawings and pastels found in a sealed package during a recent studio visit
London’s cosmonaut exhibition is back in orbit
Science Museum show was postponed last year amid political tensions with Russia
A Home for interdisciplinary art opens in Manchester
The inaugural exhibition at the new $25m arts complex in northern England focuses on affairs of the heart
‘I don’t believe that political art can change anything’: Syrian artist Sara Shamma on the role of the artist in times of war
The Art Newspaper speaks to the artist at her new show in London
Artists unite for Delfina Foundation
Mark Wallinger and Tacita Dean among alumni donating works to raise funds for residency centre in London
A mere semblance of political activity
Pedro Reyes's show is more about performing for the camera than changing the world


























