Art

A brilliant Nigerian Modernism exhibition shows the defiant beauty born from oppression

What they couldn’t take they tried the destroy, using statues for target practice - they even shot all the mummies

The German artist’s epic Paris retrospective reveals an artist who can’t be pigeonholed

They cause groans and snobbishness – but in Paris, the impulse to photograph oneself by Monet’s Water Lilies becomes a gesture of devotion

Not all cinema has to be art. But this exhibition at the Design Museum proves Wes Anderson's most certainly is

A giant sculpture made from syrup tins gives Greece a new ally in the battle for the Parthenon marbles

From Helsinki to Buenos Aires, one man’s obsession with the art and architecture of our underground railways

Nick Trend’s new book explores the places where Giotto and Leonardo constructed a country’s heritage

Like Trump, the chancellor has also been redecorating. His, however, is less golden glitter, more a nod to history

As geopolitical tensions rise, a new generation of artists is quietly rewriting the script

Everyone knows the famous image of the photographer in Hitler’s bath. But her lesser-known work is equally compelling

In a former grain silo, two pioneering abstract artists’ visions of warmth and peace

While Donald Trump may have forged a ceasefire, an exhibition at Paris’s Institut du Monde Arabe outlines the cultural vandalism Palestinians have suffered

Ketty La Rocca’s early death brought a sudden halt to her witty, melancholy outsider art

The wartime PoW camp has gone interactive and now its high-tech memorials offer both a reminder and a warning to its visitors

Ignored at home, female artists from Australia and New Zealand came to Europe and forged their own daring style

In the face of a crackdown, the Istanbul biennial returns with fewer homegrown artists and political content neutered

The London artists who united in their desire to oppose the first wave of fascism in Europe

As the Pompidou Centre in Paris prepares to close for a five-year renovation, it is staging the largest single show in its entire history

The street artist’s work leaves an indelible trace in our memories and it will last long after authorities scrub away the paint

Major Tom may be gone, but the new David Bowie Centre at V&A East displays the extraordinary treasures he left behind

The wartime artist who lampooned Hitler gets his first exhibition

The uncanny art of Jane and Louise Wilson uncovers the future hidden inside surveillance footage, irradiated film and ancient wood

A new exhibition charts humanity’s long, losing battle – there’s either too much or too little, and it’s always in the wrong place

I once fled my flat at every opportunity - but oil paints have taught me about the joy of being indoors

The German philanthropist spent big on daring art and a stunning gallery – then waited for the world to catch up

An abandoned kiosk near St Peter’s Square has become one of the city’s most creative addresses

Right wingers claiming that ‘woke’ has killed the galleries are indulging in wishful thinking

The painter didn’t have much time for art, or sex or his home town. But don’t let that fool you

The debate around migration has never been more febrile. Time then for Fenix, which celebrates art by and about refugees

The Aboriginal artist’s vibrant works celebrate ancestral land, culture and a deep connection to nature

The artist has taken his two-year project around the UK to the nation’s public spaces – but he has come to understand the one line that art cannot cross