Art

A fiery final interview with the provocative Dutch artist

A retrospective opens in Munich of the drawings, films and kinetic sculptures of German artist Rebecca Horn

Early Soviet avant-garde art… and how it was crushed

When the artist died in Rome in 1564, he had one more remarkable journey still to make

With an 800-year history, the city’s St John’s Hospital Museum understands the role of art in the healing process

Amsterdam prepares for Art Week against a backdrop of a new government keen to end culture funding

On the eve of its five-year closure, the Centre Pompidou is hosting an exhibition of Constantin Brâncuși’s work that is only the second of its kind in France

Ideas from Europe can increase participation in the arts for those from lower-income backgrounds

The art that brought Paris back from the dead

Whether she had an actual gun in her hand or not, art became her weapon, a noisy defence against the world and an instrument of her reckoning with the past

How one night of music inspired Kandinsky’s Blue Rider movement

South West Bank delves into the historic struggles Palestinians have faced

Photographic chronicles of the everyday, inspired by Nobel winner Annie Ernaux

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, exhibitions and books

The new Enzo Mari exhibition at London’s Design Museum offers a rare glimpse at the artist's intentions

Thanks to a letter about delivery, The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula was finally attributed to its great master

The Judgement of Paris gives up its myriad secrets at the National Gallery

Even for all her success and the wealth that came with it, Valadon’s bohemianism remained undiminished

A new exhibition connects the work of over 50 women from across the world

Her portraits of women in active roles and her self-belief make her a pioneering figure in art history

The exhibition Political Prisoners in Contemporary Spain brings a much-needed political frisson to tourist-friendly Barcelona

The Istanbul Modern has been forced to cooperate with the government and compromise on its politics

This new music shines a light on the Carnic Alps, one of Europe’s most obscure regions with a fast-fading culture

To the Dutchman commercial art was just as fulfilling as something more purely creative – and it came with a wage

How Paul Nougé helped create a movement... then disowned it

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s theatre, books and cinema

This is the country’s first museum dedicated to telling the whole story of the darkest period in European history. Will it get it right?

The artist championing the Arctic’s mistreated, reindeer-raising Sámi people

Born with a talent for living – and living off others – the painter never quite seemed to fit in. Then he discovered Greece

How a young woman finally unlocked the life ahead of her by spending a year at Wordsworth’s cottage in the Lake District

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s film, TV and art

Is a masterpiece diminished simply because lots of people like it? Of course not