Cows, Red, Green, Yellow by Franz Marc, 1911.
Lenbachhaus Munich/Tate
The members of The Blue Rider weren’t thinking about art in the way we do today.
After the dust settled, Apple accepted the ad didn’t land as it hoped.
Apple
Crushing pianos, video games and emojis doesn’t seem to have delivered the slick messaging the brand was aiming for.
National Gallery
Usually relegated to the sidelines, Mary Magdalene is depicted with passion and power in this painting by a north Italian master.
The National Gallery 1886, Interior of Room 32 by Giuseppe Gabrielli.
Government Art Collection
We know next to nothing about the artist. We know still less about the people he depicted.
The recreated head of Shanidar Z, made by the Kennis brothers for the Netflix documentary ‘Secrets of the Neanderthals’ based on 3D scans of the reconstructed skull.
BBC Studios/Jamie Simonds
Scientists can’t yet tell how soft tissue overlayed bones, so this reconstruction is inevitably based on artistic licence.
A Lion’s Watermelon by Adam Rouhana (2024).
South West Bank
This year, much of the art addresses exile, diaspora, migration and colonial violence.
Ibrahim Mahama: Purple Hibiscus at the Barbican.
Dion Barrett/Barbican Centre
The bright pink fabric swaying gently in the wind stands in stark contrast to the grey tones of the brutalist architectural complex.
Enzo Mari in front of his works, The Nature Series. Left is No. 1: La Mela with Elio Mari and right, No. 2: La Pera (1961).
Ramak Fazel/Danese Milano/Design Museum
The exhibition is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get close to Mari’s design process.
The new Banksy work on Hornsey Road in the Finsbury Park area of London.
EPA-EFE/Neil Hall
Many of those who celebrate Banksy hold contradictory positions on precisely the themes his works seem to address.
Installation view of Unravel The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art at the Barbican.
Jemima Yong/Barbican Art Gallery
Textiles have a deceptive simplicity that conceals their potential for subversion and political dissent.
You don’t need a nice professional camera to snap photos of this year’s eclipse.
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Your phone can’t take a perfectly clear picture of a solar eclipse like a professional camera can, but there are lots of other creative directions you can take to capture the rare moment.
The 5th-century Maskell panel showing Jesus in a loincloth.
British Museum
Each Easter we see many images of Jesus on the cross – inevitably wearing a loincloth. But the historical evidence shows victims of crucifixion were fully naked to maximise shame as well as pain.
Left, ‘Orange and Yellow’ by Mark Rothko, 1956. Right, day dress in orange wool crepe, by Cristóbal Balenciaga, 1967.
Buffalo AKG Art Museum/Cristobal Balenciaga Museoa
Cristobal Balenciaga’s work developed alongside abstract artistic movements, which had a profound influence on his designs.
The Morning Comes (1793-1821), by William Blake.
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
A subtle and thoughtful show, full of shimmering connections that put Blake back in touch with European art figures and influences.
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Lounge creator and artist Kirsha Kaechle said the lounge was being ‘experienced’ by men exactly as intended – by excluding them.
Svetolk/Canva
Queer joy is a powerful emotion. It sustains the fight for recognition and equality for LGBTQ+ people, especially in the face of challenges like discrimination.
Collage, 1953.
The Paolozzi Foundation/ACS Artimage
The sculpture was an early pioneer of pop art and his approach to collage across mediums was revolutionary,
Jeff Koons’ spherical Moon Phases sculptures on board the Odysseus craft which landed on the Moon on February 22.
Jeff Koons / Instagram
Has Jeff Koons’ latest high-profile stunt just proved that space is the new frontier for art?
Bleeker Street
A thrillingly accurate Stone Age horror, a violent Chilean wester, a sumptuous food romance, a comforting rom-com and a new look at a master painter’s love of fashion.
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A wave of horror content is popping up across TikTok, carrying on a legacy that began on YouTube.