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Studio One, St Oswald’s Place retains many of its original Victorian schoolroom features

On March 8, an unnamed woman, part of a group called Palestine Action, attacked a painting of Lord Balfour at Trinity College, Cambridge. (Balfour studied there from 1866-69: this must be the connection). She cut it seven times with a knife and sprayed red paint over Balfour’s face. All this…

Two years in the making, and drawing on themes of healing, the slave trade and even Vikings, the latest show by Alberta Whittle, who represented Scotland at Venice, has taken over a grand mansion on a holiday isle

Inspired by de Chirico’s painting, this errant child is more thoughtful and recognisably contemporary than the figure in the biblical parable

He has worked with Miu Miu and shot Zendaya for Luca Guadagnino. But Alessio Bolzoni also makes artworks – from strangers’ bottom halves to people striking twisted poses while concealing their faces

Madrid’s yearly photography festival has shone light on new photographers, established industry names, and artists whose work has gone unrecognised for decades

Alphonse Mucha’s body of work is full of contradictions.

Thirty years after the end of apartheid in South Africa, the cultural resistance artists waged against white minority rule continues to inspire new generations of creators.

From post-pop art to late-flowering expressionism, the South African artist is one of his country’s most significant, and this huge survey shows off his extraordinary range