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A magazine shoot of Kim Kardashian naked has caused a sensation. It echoes classical depictions of the female form, but far from celebrating women, it panders to male fantasy.

After Warhol, pop art underwent a controversial revival in Russia and China. On the eve of a Saatchi show, Waldemar Januszczak looks at how the work cocked a snook at dictators, while Audrey Ward interviews the artists

The RA’s Allen Jones retrospective is a silly show, proving how the pop artist’s career took a disastrous turn from poetic to seedy

Schiele’s nudes are kinky, sexy and outrageous; Moroni’s portraits and religious works are intense and disconcerting

The Hayward’s tries for a new take on the old story of urban alienation, but its egotism gets in the way

It’s taken five years, £42m and the sacking of a director, but the revamped Musée Picasso, in Paris, gives the artist’s work the setting it deserves

The National Gallery’s magnificent new exhibition reveals a better and truer Rembrandt — don’t miss it

His Tate show is a forceful, gripping event — despite the stoner middle years

The 2014 Turner prize plumbs the depths of portentous banality. Do yourself a favour, stay away from the show — but first read why it’s so bad

Never mind some of the wonky myths he explores, just feel Anselm Kiefer’s power in his thrilling Royal Academy retrospective