Italian grit and Brit wit mark a transformative 50 years of arte povera
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Thomas Ruff at the Whitechapel Gallery
His London show is a bold step into the photographic unknown
Jasper Johns at the Royal Academy
A quiet but brilliant retrospective reveals the American artist as a visionary
Scythians at the British Museum
This glittering Siberian hoard gets five gold stars
Rachel Whiteread at Tate Britain
A superb show reveals how the sculptor changed the way we view art
Edinburgh Art Festival review
With a handful of exceptions, this year’s show reveals a lack of artistic ambition in the Scottish capital
Alma-Tadema
Not a sly eroticist after all: Alma-Tadema was a home bod with a powerful sense of history and a surprising depth
Seurat to Riley at Compton Verney
A dazzling exhibition that sets the standard for how all shows should be done
Holbein shines at the National Portrait Gallery
The German painter is the main draw at The Encounter: Drawings from Leonardo to Rembrandt; and an intriguing work by William Dobson has turned up in Oxford
Soul of a Nation
Does this Tate Modern show succeed in speaking truth to Black Power?