Seeking to be a deeper, darker artist, Jackson Pollock went monochrome.
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Not on the finest of forms
Barbara Hepworth’s great sculptures are marred by curatorial confusion at Tate Britain
Out of the ordinary
Spooky waxworks and an exploration of blackness are a brilliant departure for the Serpentine
I’m an art critic — get me out of here!
This Venice Biennale is a grim feast of international politics, self-obsession and complaint
Epics on a biblical scale
Thomas Struth’s photographs of the Holy Land are hugely powerful — and not only because they are enormous
Between the lines
It’s easy to dismiss Modigliani as twee, but a new exhibition reveals his supreme skill as a draughtsman and how he sought to perfect his art
Mr Johnson, I presume?
This tiny NPG show gives a tantalising glimpse of a forgotten British portraitist
When lovely is not enough
Her talent for abstraction blossomed into an instantly recognisable brand. So does Sonia Delaunay’s art ever really cut the mustard?
Sky high
Ravilious was a peerless observer, as the scenes in this Dulwich show brilliantly demonstrate
Too many popes
The grand Velazquez show in Paris includes so much by other hands that it dilutes his power