Veronese displays a welcome sense of calm and balance in rarely seen works at the National Gallery
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Best left on the shelf
The Serpentine’s latest exhibitions can’t carry the weight of significance loaded on them
The Vikings are Lost in Space
The British Museum puts a fresh spin on the Norsemen, but its vast new galleries lessen the show’s impact.
Putting on a Brave Face
DiCorcia’s photographs toy with reality, but First World War portraits capture the terrible truth
Strangely Unsatisfying
‘Repulsive’ German art is everywhere this year — just not enough of it.
The man who gave British art a future.
You name it, Richard Hamilton invented it — and his Tate Modern show is revelatory and important.
There lies a sleeping giant.
They were once at the cutting edge of British sculpture. Thirty years on, how do Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow measure up in two rare retrospectives?
How I Became an Art Critic
It involves chasing lizards and escaping mass.
Kicking against the Pricks
Silly, boring and derivative — Martin Creed’s Hayward retrospective is the pits.
Sunshine Superman
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers are art’s most familiar franchise. If you think you know their story, the National Gallery says, ‘Think again’