Review
The world’s richest street: Roger Crowley on the cosmopolitan culture of Renaissance Lisbon
A national obsession with prostitution: Hannah Stamler on 19th-century French depictions of prostitution
A book looking at Modern images of prostitutes is lacking in necessary context
Robert Motherwell at 100: Gregory Gilbert reflects on the artist’s centenary
New research into the artist's work has offered new perspectives, but much work remains to be done
Less is more in Paul Strand's American dream
Best known for his images of New York, this major London survey shows how the US photographer travelled far and wide
A lifelong dedication to Gothic architecture: Peter Howell on A.W.N. Pugin
The final instalment in the collected letters of a revivalist pioneer
It's alive: Philippe Parreno lights up Gladstone Gallery
The artist's latest show includes an active bioreactor
Empire is a dirty word but Tate Britain is not afraid of it
A show at the London museum tackles the artistic legacy of 400 years of British colonialism
Full of prim euphemism: Brian Dillon on Dave Hickey’s 25 Women
The book’s finest points are overshadowed by dispiriting foolishness
Time was of the essence: on Impressionism versus Realism
In the battle with tradition, Impressionism’s “triumph” was not a foregone conclusion
Political paganism: how the Lord of Rimini developed his own brand of Christianity
Sigismondo Malatesta embraced Christ on his own terms
The many facets of Isaac Mizrahi: Victoria Stapley-Brown on the designer's Jewish Museum survey
"I can hardly believe it, I’m floating on this cloud," the artist says of the exhibition
The human spirit and condition without tears: David Anfam on the Rothko family
Mark Rothko’s son reflects on his father’s art
'You don't need a gallery to show ideas': Orit Gat on Seth Siegelaub at the Stedelijk
An exhibition in Amsterdam devoted to the dealer's work explores his curatorial ideas
Impossible figures, strings and fractals: where art meets math
A consideration of the interconnections between disciplines
Stories of progress and property: on the European galleries at the V&A
The new installation raises important historical questions and brings much joy
Escape from New York: on Greater New York at MoMA PS1
Claims of nostalgia have a complicated relationship to a new generation of artists
Cool doesn’t cut it: Andrew Lambirth on painting today
The presentation of painting all too often undermines the nature of true invention
How British silver seduced 17th-century imperial Russia
It was a case of international economics and politics in kettles and coolers
The Hessian Minerva: on the collector Karoline Luise of Baden
Two appreciations of the remarkable 18th-century artist and collector
Not a heretic after all: on Francesco Botticini’s heavenly vision
A new book is an exemplary study of the artist
Bad enough to be good: Kenneth Goldsmith on Fischli and Weiss's Guggenheim retrospective
The exhibition proves that exactly wrong can be exactly right
The Reich’s romance with the Renaissance
How Germany fashioned its identity through 15th- and 16th-century Italian art
Pots are for plebs: why vases were cheap in Ancient Greece
A mistaken attempt to raise the status of vase painting
A brilliant impersonator of himself: Terry Eagleton on Oscar Wilde
Eagleton looks at a critic who was 'piously dedicated to his own pleasure'
The most beautiful palette in France: on Eugène Delacroix
The extraordinary influence of Delacroix is tackled in a new exhibition and accompanying catalogue
A world away from the rest: David D'Arcy on Paula-Modersohn Becker at Galerie St. Etienne
A show of the artist's work reveals her proximity to and distance from both modernism and academicism
Not illustrious: Matthew Collings on Spanish Masters at the Hermitage Amsterdam
Museums officials have failed to bring anything new to the work on display