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A naked 89-year-old Austrian has you in her sights at the Serpentine. And her brutality is brilliant

It sometimes wanders off track, but this artist’s-eye view of the railway era provides plenty of nostalgic pleasures

So now it’s James Bond and cold-war lite. When did intellect head for the exit?

In a world where image is everything, it becomes easy – even essential – for artists to manipulate the truth

but The American Scene is a more brutal prospect…

Our correspondent pens a letter of thanks to Sir David Attenborough, George III and some miraculous illustrators of natural history

The chances of any good coming of the Barbican’s Martian-themed show are a million to one

A highly original talent, Lucas Cranach has been rediscovered

The Courtauld’s Renoir exhibition reflects an era when the real drama at the theatre took place off stage

Derek Jarman at the Serpentine shows a visionary film-maker – but his paintings look nothing short of crude