Exhibitions
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
"Beyond the easel" at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art rises to the challenge of Les Nabis
Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis and Roussel are assessed as distinct individuals, brought together by the shared conviction that “There are no paintings, just decoration”
What's on in the US: Photography from the serious to the silly
A clever eye and sly humour at Throckmorton, Nash at Schickler, Bidgood at Paul Morris, Cook at Mitchell-Innes & Nash
What's on in New York: Contemporary art at its finest with Ellsworth Kelly still strong at Matthew Marks
Also on show are Mark di Suvero’s massive sculptures at Gagosian, and Charles Simond’s unfired clay at the Joseph Helman Gallery
Funnyman Steve Martin shows himself to be a serious collector in new exhibition at the Bellagio
Martin shares his love for modern and contemporary American art in new Las Vagas show, giving a personal touch via audio guide
London galleries: Gilbert & George get horny in White Cube debut
Painting pushed into new places at Victoria Miro and The Approach and seismic shifts at asprey jacques as the Chapmans explore their feminine side at Modern Art
On the loose in New York: Goedhuis going great guns
Art on the agenda at St Etienne, Powers’ Pop pics at Gagosian and all-American art at Adelson
Canadian war art on tour
“Battle lines: Canadian artists in the field, 1917-19” is on show now at Canada House
Books: Henri Vever's Bible of French jewellery studies
The Vasari of his field, Vever was himself a jeweller—though like Vasari he is better known for his writing
Leon Golub is still getting to the real at the Brooklyn Museum of Art
Charles Saatchi and Eli Broad both collect him, but only 13 US museums have examples of this artistic rebel’s work
Italian art at Tate Modern: Starting from zero
The Tate and the Walker Art Center collaborate to show Arte Povera 1962 to 1972, from five years before the movement was defined by its impresario, Germano Celant
The scorned neo-Classicism of Anton Raphael Mengs is up for reconsideration in this comprehensive Paduan show
The expansive exhibition is on now at Palazzo Zabarella
To see or not to see: Parisian exhibition documents the history of war photography
The Museum of Contemporary History provides historical explanations for why war photographers took the pictures that they did
Tate Gallery, St Ives: Patrick Heron in context
The director’s new scheme of quarterly changes will show more than just the work of local artists
What's on in London: Tracey Emin builds a helter-skelter
Unsettling excesses at Stephen Friedman and various ponderings on places and no-places at Milch, Corvi Mora, Timothy Taylor and Emily Tsingou
What's on in London: Painterly hyperbole at D’Offay and canine grandeur at Salmon
Epic list-making at Gagosian and a sombre investigation of society at the Lisson
Queen Victoria’s Centenary at the Victoria and Albert Museum: Conspicuous by her absence
A weak exhibition that attempts to survey the Victorian legacy is partially redeemed by the accompanying book
"Digital craft" project at Frankfurt's Museum of Applied Arts aims to change the way we think about museums and technology
Director James M. Bradburne is a passionate believer in new technologies