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The artist’s later statues and ceramics, on show at the Gagosian gallery’s Mediterranean Years, reveal a tender family man If you are in or visiting London this August and have not yet seen it, do not miss Picasso: The Mediterranean Years at the Gagosian gallery. No other current exhibition in London will enrich your day, [...]

From chocolate rifles in Wolverhampton to cutting-and-pasting in Stirling, see what’s happening in the arts around the country Read the original post on Guardian Arts & Architecture

Curator says of eight tiny, hand-coloured works tackling big themes: ‘It’s probably best not to get into too much detail’ When viewing the tiny, hand-coloured etchings of figures being burned alive and hair being washed in blood it is fine, the curators say, to be bemused and baffled. “They are strange,” said Philippa Simpson. “Impenetrable, [...]

The Portuguese artist’s major subject is memory – beauty is elusive in his quietly minimalist work Jorge Santos has a knack for turning the world outside-in. His photography, sculpture, films and drawing call up memories, filling interior space with ghostly doubles of buildings and nature. Brushing up against a gallery wall, you might discover the [...]

The city’s avant-garde masterpieces are falling into ruin. It seems only the oligarchs’ wives can save them From the pedestrian bridge that crosses the Moskva river towards the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour you normally have a clear view of the Kremlin. But for several days last week its fairytale towers had disappeared behind an [...]

It was an honour to be menaced by the Red Arrows. Formation flying is a skill and an art In Wales at the weekend we chanced on a display by the Red Arrows. I did wonder why so many people were sitting on camping chairs on top of Craig Fawr, when we scrambled up through [...]

Official records of exhibitions and achievements whitewash the real details of artists’ lives – the blood and tears that bring their work to life The world of art would be a lot healthier if catalogues of artists’ works acknowledged the human status of their subjects. In art history, it is dreary to read about great [...]

Official records of exhibitions and achievements whitewash the real details of artists’ lives – the blood and tears that bring their work to life The world of art would be a lot healthier if catalogues of artists’ works acknowledged the human status of their subjects. In art history, it is dreary to read about great [...]

Since the beginnings of photography, artists have used the self-portrait to push the technical and artistic boundaries of the medium The photographic self-portrait is as old as photography itself. Likewise, the urge to camouflage or self-dramatise oneself in front of the camera. In 1840, Hippolyte Bayard portrayed himself as a suicide victim in a photograph [...]

The futuristic city in Kazakhstan is just the latest in the growing phenomenon of a capital from zero “Peas and beans! Peas and beans!” The famous Japanese architect was in his office, high in a Tokyo tower, its walls crowded with framed honours and diplomas. Assistants of exceptional beauty shimmered in with tea, but what [...]