‘Tis the season to be jolly, and what could be jollier than this: ten exhibitions to help you escape the shopping crowds, shelter from the cold a while and wrap yourself up in art and ideas?
From an eccentric exhibition of cartoonist David Shrigley’s work to a rare display of Russian portraiture, we pick the week’s best art events.
From the unveiling of a colossal public sculpture in London to a blockbuster exhibition of Botticelli’s paintings, we present the week’s top shows.
Botticelli was a huge success, then virtually forgotten before his resurrection by the Pre-Raphaelites, reveals Simon Wilson ahead of a lavish V&A show.
As two new shows celebrate the 200th anniversary of Julia Margaret Cameron, painter Chantal Joffe RA explains why her photographs interest and inspire her.
From Greek sculptures at the British Museum to Helena Almeida’s inhabited drawings.
Ahead of an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Fred Cuming RA pays tribute to his work, and his lasting influence.
From fifteenth century China at the British Museum to Raqs Media Collective’s new exhibition at Frith Street Gallery.
From an exhibition of the late works of JMW Turner RA at Tate Britain to 1930s fashion photography from Horst P. Horst.
From London’s annual architecture festival to Georgian polymath, William Kent.
From ‘the Picasso of India’ to Royal Academician Richard Wilson at the Whitstable Biennale.
From Freudian installations to Georgian architecture: everything worth seeing in the world of art this week.
From derelict Detroit to the return of Crystal Palace: the biggest stories in architecture this March.