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From rare works from Renaissance masters, to photography series celebrating play, the city is packed with dazzling art shows

This fast-rising artist became known for his yarn paintings but has always thought beyond the canvas. Now he’s transplanting strands of his lives in Grenada, New York and London into the galleries of Tate Britain

The art gallery boss on the role of museums today, the politics of sponsorship and how Cornelia Parker influenced her decision-making

Illness, racism and mortality are indelibly fused – on film, with X-rays and his own body – in a superb survey of work by the late British artist Donald Rodney. Elsewhere, carnival is outshone by church

Fusion jazz-funk, classical music and Tarot reading: this is the best of what’s on in London this weekend

From a sticky Caribbean thunderstorm to the cocaine-fuelled violence of the New York street corner, the artist takes us through the highs and lows of his journey to the present moment

Ahead of his major Tate commission, one of the stars of modern art discusses his diverse cultural influences and why his new work will explore his Caribbean and American roots

A forgotten star from the golden age of abstraction, avian amazements and new ideas in a grand neoclassical hall – all in your weekly dispatch

Women have worked as professional artists in Europe for hundreds of years. Yet we are often told that, prior to the 20th century, those who did so successfully were rare exceptions – they were the lucky ones who had financial advantages, family connections or unusual bravery to defy social conventions.…

A Flemish ‘paintrix’ at the court of Elizabeth I, a magnificent mouth artist and a glamorous suffragette are finally given their due in a show tracing female artists’ rocky road to recognition. But the story too often takes precedence over the art

This groundbreaking exhibition re-introduces 110 forgotten female professional artists. Here are 10 of the trailblazing women who paved the way for future generations of artists