Rachel Cusk’s twelfth novel is strange, compelling and ferociously intelligent. It explores artists, mothers and daughters, and the ‘blankness of spirituality’ on the other side of gender.
Tate/Tom Finland/Beryl Cook Estate/Henry Moore Foundation/Nation Galleries Scotland
Rediscovered legacies in London, reimagined landscapes in Liverpool, small Sculptures in Bath and Degas in Glasgow.
(L-R) The Princess of Wales on the cover of Tatler, Queen Victoria by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, and a detail of Vices Overlook’d in the New Proclamation by James Gillray.
Hannah Uzor/Tatler, Royal Collection Trust / National Portrait Gallery. Montage created with Canva
As a war artist, Henry Moore’s work was influenced by the Blitz, separated families and the threat of nuclear escalation.
A Mona Lisa painting from the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci, held in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain.
Collection of the Museo del Prado
The Mona Lisa has traditionally been associated with Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant. But there’s plenty of evidence pointing to a different identity.
A May 2024 solar storm made the northern lights visible across parts of the northern U.S.
AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson
A comprehensive show foregrounding the work of mostly lesser-known female artists.
Shardlake, Bridgerton season 3 and the new Raymond Briggs exhibition should all be on your radar this week.
Disney/Liam Daniel/Neftlix/ Andrew Hasson /Alamy
Much to enjoy as Bridgerton returns, a Tudor murder mystery intrigues, the International Booker prize is imminent, the National Gallery is 200 and the genius of Raymond Briggs is on display.
Cows, Red, Green, Yellow by Franz Marc, 1911.
Lenbachhaus Munich/Tate
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
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
Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne