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A feel-good yet edgy exhibition in the Vieux Port explores the tensions that have long been captured in the medium

Nicholas Penny, the radical traditionalist in charge of the National Gallery in London, rails against blockbuster shows and today’s fashions. He talks about the “distorting” impact of contemporary art

Ahead of his first retrospective at the Royal Academy, the provocative Anselm Kiefer talks about politics, history, money — and alchemy

For many people, the artist is England in paint but a new show reveals his debt to artists across Europe

A London exhibition takes one back to the heart of life in the Soviet Union

At the Venice Biennale, a Massimiliano Gioni-curated international show outshines the national pavilions

Even ‘Scream’-free, a new Edvard Munch exhibition reveals the artist to be a self-absorbed prisoner of painful memories

Bridget Riley, famous since the 1960s for her uncompromising lines, squares and circles, talks about abstraction, colour, freedom within strict limits and her pursuit of ‘looking’

‘Making Colour’, at the National Gallery in London, paints the history of art through the story of colour

Tate Britain’s show aims to challenge our perceptions of L.S. Lowry