A celebration of a dramatic life
From gunmakers to silversmiths
Riley speaks of the fortuitous events that led to the upcoming exhibition at Tate and the significance of Mondrian's artistic evolution
On the one hand, official recognition, on the other, the problem of fakes
A politically charged mega-exhibition about the Mannerist emperor/collector
A history of how Documenta has changed with the times
The stands in this fair cost only SFr 4,000
Europe’s grandest modern art fair will be bigger than ever this year, with collectors and museum curators from all over the world
The South London Gallery exhibits a range of the artist's work from the avian to the erotic
It is marked by three celebrations in his native Basel and an exhibition at London's National Gallery on his renowned “Ambassadors”
The monastery has been forbidden to women since 1060 and remains barely accessible to laymen, making this public exhibition an opportunity of a lifetime
“We have wanted to create more of an essay than a history, so we made a list of artists who have done something decisive... or who created work that one simply cannot overlook”
A field with keen collectors and plenty of sleepers at the auctions to challenge the dealers
This monumental retrospective of the Mexican photographer's unique images is not to be missed
Sales of the catalogue have raised nearly £35,000 for the Samaritans
The sculptor discusses his new work as he installs his first solo show in England
Tradition meets trendiness in this huge exhibition of British fashion
The artist’s daughter, now eighty-seven, reminisces about being painted by her father and life in Weimar Berlin
The organisers propose an opposition between “vernacular” and “aesthetic” photography but the images do not allow it
Works kept by the artist are to be exhibited in a commercial gallery for the first time
Drawings believed lost go on display in “Masterpieces of Western European Drawing"
This month, the New York gallery celebrates its sesquicentennial with an exhibition on its most famous paintings and clients
Also, Richard Hains's logo-mania and Robert Malaval's regurgitations
Visitors get to decide between fakes and the real thing
Also showing are Rauschenberg, Richard Long and Ryman
The first big French showing of East Germany’s most successful emigré artist
Meanwhile, Paul McCarthy and Pierre Molinier provide a little titillation
David Sylvester’s comprehensive survey includes works which Bacon himself tried to destroy