Anish Kapoor in Berlin: ‘in short, Britain’s fucked’
18 May 2013 • Mark Westall
The doyen of British sculpture gives the Guardian an exclusive preview of his major new exhibition in the German capital
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Things get curiouser and curiouser at the Turner Contemporary
18 May 2013 • Mark Westall
From Da Vinci to a stuffed walrus to glass models of underwater worlds, a rich selection of objects is about to go display at the Turner Contemporary, as curator Brian Dillon explains
Barnett Newman’s ‘glimpses of the sublime’ are a bargain at any price
16 May 2013 • Mark Westall
Meaning and dream collide in Barnett Newman’s work: that’s why the abstract expressionist’s Onement VI fetched $43.8m
Frieze New York turns two with a giant balloon dog and a VIP-free speakeasy
11 May 2013 • Mark Westall
The second edition of the art fair has its own restaurant scene, an inflatable dog that mocks Jeff Koons and a gratifying number of female artists
Gavin Turk, visual artist – portrait of the artist
10 May 2013 • Mark Westall
‘What have I sacrificed? A white Transit van. I had it crushed into a cube and turned into art’
Madonna sells Fernand Léger’s modern material girls
9 May 2013 • Mark Westall
The singer has sold a painting by Léger to fund girl’s education: the work’s modern beauty is a paean to strong women
Despite artworld hype Eddie Peake still has a way to climb
9 May 2013 • Mark Westall
It might have cartoon giraffes and marble staffies, but his show at Southend’s Focal Point Gallery is much duller than his experiments with naked five-a-side
Van Gogh’s true colours were originally even brighter
3 May 2013 • Mark Westall
Research undertaken by the Van Gogh Museum reveals the master’s favourite paints have faded badly since the 1880s
Peter Doig: a free spirit captured in Scottish National Gallery’s retrospective
1 May 2013 • Mark Westall
Strange and poetic figurative art of the Trinidad-based painter Peter Doig will be showcased in exhibition of 120 works
Michael Landy: patron saint of destruction
29 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Decapitations, tooth-pullings, chargrillings … the lurid deaths of saints in paintings were what caught Michael Landy’s eye when he took over as artist-in-residence at the National Gallery. Charlotte Higgins visits his studio to play with his mechanised martyrs
Fiona Rae; New Order: British Art Today – review
28 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Towner Gallery, Eastbourne; Saatchi Gallery, London
Mystery of missing art of Pauline Boty
28 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Boty was a central figure in Swinging London in the 1960s. As a new show aims to restore her forgotten reputation, the hunt for her lost paintings goes on
Mat Collishaw: still sensational
27 April 2013 • Mark Westall
It’s 25 years since Mat Collishaw burst on to the art scene alongide Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. And his work is still as appalling and as moving as ever
Andrea Gjestvang wins L’Iris d’Or at Sony world photography awards
27 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Norwegian photographer, 32, holds off competition with poignant portraits of Anders Behring Breivik massacre survivors
Andy Warhol lost then found: tender portrait of artist in 1981
25 April 2013 • Mark Westall
British photographer Steve Wood saw the truth about Warhol, writes Jonathan Jones
Two studies of family go head to head for BP Portrait award
23 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Only two works out of 1,969 have been shortlisted for the prestigious annual award judged at the National Portrait Gallery
Rachel Whiteread and the decaying streets of Palermo – the week in art
19 April 2013 • Mark Westall
John Riddy’s images of a tumultuous Sicilian city land in central London, with the Deutsche Börse Photography prize lining up nearby – all in your weekly artistic dispatch
Pardon? What Modern Toss’s F***yeux tapestry says about Britain today
18 April 2013 • Mark Westall
A world-record attempt to cram as much depravity as possible into one artwork shows how little has changed since the Bayeaux Tapestry
Deutsche Börse Photography prize show: mashups and moon walkers
18 April 2013 • Mark Westall
The Deutsche Börse Photography prize show draws on Google, space travel and Bertolt Brecht – but one artist stands head and shoulders above the rest
The cake that looks like a Mondrian painting
17 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Could these sweets, inspired by great artists, be the perfect thing to round off a stylish dinner party?