Tate Liverpool’s examination of Germany between the wars through portraits, both painted and photographed, reveals a country descending into darkness
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Khandija Saye
A full version of Waldemar’s text remembering the work of Khandija Saye – young artist, who died in Grenfell Tower fire
Mondrian, but not as you know him
There’s more to Holland’s most famous proponent of De Stijl than rectangles, as this detailed exhibition in the Hague shows
Grayson Perry at the Serpentine Gallery
He is a man at the top of his game — and the queen of nimble social observation in his new London show
Raphael — The Drawings
Raphael’s drawings at the Ashmolean mark a resurgence in his popularity — and they are full of technical surprises
Hokusai — Beyond the Great Wave
The British Museum’s Hokusai exhibition shows the restless vigour and energy that the great Japanese artist brought to his work well into his eighties
Venice Biennale
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
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