Exhibitions
Sandra Blow at the Tate St Ives
Blow is back in Cornwall with a bright new crop of works
Madame de Pompadour meets Philippe Starck at the Rijksmuseum
With a very glamorous display, this is the first serious look at Netherlandish rococo architecture and decorative arts
From the archive | 'Painting is mysterious and I don’t want to demystify it'—Frank Auerbach on refusing to 'perform' for the cameras
Arts programmes focus on Auerbach—around his exhibition at the National Gallery, in London—and the Tate Surrealism show
Anselm Kiefer on a massive scale at the Beyeler Foundation
The German master of the mythical and grandiose puts on a large-scale overview show
Thomas Ruff retrospective begins a three-year tour
The German photographer compares his serial working method to “a scientist carrying out a series of experiments”
Porn maybe, but no prudery or prurience
This exhibition on the Victorian nude reveals our own obsession with sex
A Frederick Sandys exhibition celebrates the re-opening of the Castle Museum
The Victorian age was fascinated by hair, as these paintings show
German and Austrian art in a 5th Avenue mansion
But only with continued funding from cosmetics tycoon Ronald Lauder
Photography this month in London: The camera obscura shines at Shine
Erwitt’s wit at HackelBury, Israeli environmental views at Andrew Mummery and delightful Doisneau at Hoppen
Plans for Iran exhibition at British Museum shelved as sponsor withdraws in aftermath of Twin Tower bombings
The exhibition, which would have highlighted the creative flourishing facilitated by members of Iranian royalty, may still become a reality in 2004 or 2005
Jeffrey Deitch exhibition contemplates the human condition in Turin
The Castello di Rivoli again plays host to Deitch's explorations of contemporary art
Heartache and the American dream: Dox Thrash at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Thrash deserves to be remembered for more than just his technical inventions
Norwich's Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts marks 100 years since Giacometti's birth
Sir Robert and Lady Sainsbury's personal connection to Giacometti meant the committee had no trouble engaging lenders
Women of the court of Charles II
On view at the National Portrait Gallery, London
Art and the Spanish Civil War at the Imperial War Museum
The exhibition will mark the 65th anniversary of the arrival in Spain of the International Brigades
What's On in New York: Brooklyn Museum of Art registers the interaction between design and technology; Giacometti's centenary at the MOMA
How apocalyptic crises in the twentieth century - the endgame - permeated the familiar and the practical
The National Gallery Washington looks to Leonardo and the women of the Renaissance
Seeing the true face of Florence
Boulle ancient and modern
An exhibition of classic French marquetry coincides with the completion of a contemporary cabinet-maker’s work with the same technique—but cut by laser
Decadent collection of English art enthusiast and eccentric William Beckford to go on show at Bard Graduate Center
A sample of the collector's princely taste
Peter Weibel: “Art has become irrelevant today”
As director of this centre for arts and media technology, Peter Weibel, says that media art can be more politically engaged because it relates to the new technologies and the new economic order
French-born painter Balthus, who died in February, rarely gave interviews and maintained that he delighted in being anonymous. His friend of 20 years, the actor Richard Gere, spent a few days at his Swiss home in December last year, where they enjoyed a long discussion, full of twists and turns
Art, acting, life, and Captain Haddock
What's on in London: Pitching and catching at Lisson
Feverish visions at Coles and Tsingou, Childcare at Timothy Taylor and White Cube and the Russians are coming to Vilma Gold
A survey of open-air Italian landscapes, 1780-1830, explores imagery, techniques and aims
“Un paese incantato" comes to London
Tate's 'Image and Idol' takes a look at the 12th century
This new exhibition explores earlier British art than ever before
The appeal of the surreal comes to Tate in massive new Surrealism show
It will be the first major exhibition devoted to Surrealism in over 20 years
What's on in Berlin: From Rothko to wrappings
A selection of shows at the leading contemporary and modern galleries
Antique textiles: A boom from the loom as museum buying and new collectors hike prices
As other items become inaccessible to some collectors, many in the middle market have turned to textiles
From the archive | Young woman at a virginal: A Vermeer? 'Oh yes it is! Oh no it’s not!'
After its showing in New York, Baron Rolin’s “Young woman at a virginal” has been accepted as plausible enough to be included in the London stage of the exhibition, but some scholars have yet to be convinced
The Kunstmuseum Basel hosts major exhibition to mark centenary of Arnold Böcklin's death
The passing of the greatest German symbolist is commemorated
The National Gallery of Scotland explores Rembrandt’s real women
The exhibition on the Dutch master's female subjects will then travel to the Royal Academy