Phyllida Barlow puts on a jolly good UK show for the 57th Venice Biennale, but the event’s French chief curator has sadly lost her long-winded way
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Giacometti at Tate Modern
Giacometti’s stickies are persons of substance after all, as this clever show proves
Eric Gill at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft
A terrible human being he might have been — does that make Eric Gill less of an artist, too?
From Selfie to Self-Expression
We are all self-portraitists now, but let’s put away our phones, please
Step into the void
The Italian futurist Giacomo Balla aimed for dynamism, but is lost in a blurred dimension
Every shade of gay
Bacon, Hockney, Wilde: Tate Britain’s queer art show is awash with talent — it’s a shame about the feeble work that’s also floated in
Damien Hirst: In a city of make believe
His Venice show is the most ambitious exhibition any artist has ever mounted, says Waldemar Januszczak
Let’s give him a big hand
Thumbs up for Marc Quinn’s marvellous sculptures: they depict a modern crush in a madly ancient world
Grand master clash
The National Gallery’s exploration of the alliance between Michelangelo and the obscure Sebastiano is a novel idea, but there’s only one winner
Now you see me
Who knew Claude Cahun and Gillian Wearing would make such a brilliant team at the NPG?