Art

It’s time for a long exposure for the avant-garde Bauhaus photographer

How the British countryside saved modern art’s greatest champion

Nude modelling has been an integral part of French art schools for centuries but now the models are demanding respect and status

The man behind the masks and mysteries – James Ensor, the angry, vindictive, solitary genius of Ostend

Lust, love and life: an exhibition about the art of the breast

My decades-long relationship with a fake blue plaque has been rekindled by a new Labour government

Come on Tate Gallery, if you really feel the need to right a historic injustice, do it by ameliorating a contemporary one

A new novel that reimagines art’s most toxic relationship and reintroduces the photographer and artist’s legacy to the world

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