29 November 2012 • Mark Westall
The V&A’s vast collection of furniture – from Jonathan Swift’s bureau to Ron Arad’s swervy bookcase – has a new home that is breathing new life into old wood
27 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Could it be that now the artist has fallen off the art world’s fashion hitlist, Gormley’s work can be seen as it is – quotidian and overrated
27 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Marlene Dumas painting of singer, Amy Blue, goes on public display at London gallery
25 November 2012 • Mark Westall
The artist who bundled up the Reichstag plans to create the world’s biggest and most expensive sculpture in Abu Dhabi
24 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Shops in Tokyo and New York are offering you the chance to turn yourself into a miniature plastic action figure
22 November 2012 • Mark Westall
The Observer’s deputy picture editor roundsup reviews of Tate Modern’s retrospectives of photographer and film-maker William Klein and Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama
20 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Biggest Dalí show in 30 years expected to be latest in series of blockbuster exhibitions in French capital
18 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Tate Modern, London
16 November 2012 • Mark Westall
The Perfect Place to Grow exhibition showcases achievements of students and staff including Moore, Hepworth, Dyson and Emin
15 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Top British artists are going Gangnam Style in support of Ai Weiwei. Alex Needham on what happens when artists dabble in pop music
14 November 2012 • Mark Westall
A new exhibition at London’s V&A offers insights from within cultures that are more often photographed and reported from the outside
13 November 2012 • Mark Westall
From bullets bursting paint-filled balloons to Jackson Pollock’s spatter technique, a new exhibition at London’s Tate looks at the relationship between painting and performance art – with more misses than hits
8 November 2012 • Mark Westall
As a Christie’s sale is criticised for not offering enough ‘trophy property’, it’s clear to see what the art world has become
6 November 2012 • Mark Westall
From Laurie Anderson to Cindy Sherman to Richard Serra, the giants of US art are backing Obama. But then, writes Jonathan Jones as he takes a cultural tour of Washington DC, America’s artists have always leaned left
4 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Is public art a luxury the poor cannot afford? The mayor of one London borough wants to sell off a wonderful sculpture by Henry Moore. Times are hard, but its loss would be a tragedy – and would set a dangerous precedent
4 November 2012 • Mark Westall
National Gallery, London
31 October 2012 • Mark Westall
A new exhibition at London’s National Gallery hopes to prompt a conversation between photos and their feted inspiration. Does it work? Jonathan Jones has his doubts
27 October 2012 • Mark Westall
The Observer’s deputy picture editor, Jim Powell, rounds up reviews of three exhibitions this week: William Eggleston, Bruce Davidson and Graciela Iturbide at the Barbican, August Sander at New Walk Gallery, Leicester, and Ewen Spencer at the White Cloth Gallery, Leeds
25 October 2012 • Mark Westall
At the end of the 1940s, finding marble in short supply, sculptor Barbara Hepworth took her sketchpad into hospitals. The results are full of drama and passion
20 October 2012 • Mark Westall
From the earliest days of photography, practitioners took their inspiration from paintings. But as a new exhibition at London’s National Gallery shows, the link went both ways
20 October 2012 • Mark Westall
The value of this week’s seven stolen masterpieces pales into insignificance against the prices charged, legally, for art today
19 October 2012 • Mark Westall
My placard for the Future that Works march highlights the importance of creativity in schools. Make your own banners – and bring the art of protest to the demo
