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The best art and architecture of autumn 2026
By Jonathan Jones, Ben Eastham and Catherine Slessor

A self-confident woman strides on to the Fourth Plinth, Nan Goldin captures sex, cats and death and even the Turner Prize shows promise this year

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/ng-interactive/2026/sep/01/the-best-art-and-architecture-of-autumn-2026

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A gallery glow up, spooky sculpture and a magical modern – the week in art
By Jonathan Jones

A grand survey of light art illuminates Durham, St Ives gets macabre and London goes big on land art – all in your weekly dispatch

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/28/the-week-in-art-yayoi-kusama

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Yayoi Kusama’s psychedelic art was at its best when taken in high doses
By Jonathan Jones

With dots that dizzied the viewer, the giddy sensory overload of seeing the grandest installations of her octopuses and giant pumpkins was hard to resist

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/27/yayoi-kusama-art

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Four blokes and a zebra crossing: the banality and beauty of the Beatles’ Abbey Road cover
By Jonathan Jones

Much-copied and parodied picture captures dynamic between the individuals and the band with eerie perfection

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/22/the-beatles-abbey-road-album-cover-zebra-crossing

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Kapoor’s blockbusting blobs, terrible Tudors and Emin’s proteges – the week in art
By Jonathan Jones

Lose yourself in Anish Kapoor’s black holes while Horrible Histories’ illustrator visits Preston and Margate hosts Tracey Emin’s students’ graduation show – all in your weekly dispatch

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/21/the-week-in-art-anish-kapoor-france-lise-mcgurn-tracey-emin

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Volcanic raunch hits Edinburgh, blooms sweep Brussels and Henri does the can-can: the week in art
By Jonathan Jones

Edinburgh art festival erupts with Del LaGrace Volcano, Belgium lays down a marker for public art and Toulouse-Lautrec captures a dancer – all in your weekly dispatch

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/14/the-week-in-art-volcano-edinburgh-brussels-lautrec

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New faces, fresh memories and a grand day out with Aardman – the week in art
By Jonathan Jones

Arresting portraits from Catherine Opie, exploring the past with paint and the geniuses of British animation unpack their secrets – all in your weekly dispatch

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/07/catherine-opie-aardman-the-week-in-art

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Beguiling beauties, designs to be sat on and giant corn dollies – the week in art
By Jonathan Jones

Gwen John’s singular poetic world, Enid Marx’s signature designs for the London Underground and the rural gothic of LR Vandy – all in your weekly dispatch

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jul/31/gwen-john-edinburgh-ennid-marx-compton-verney-the-week-in-art

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‘He made Damien Hirst look like a sideshow’: the bloodsplash horrors of Gunther von Hagens
By Jonathan Jones

The German scientist showman turned corpses into gruesome entertainment and scored a global hit – but he sidestepped the moral questions truly great art asks

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jul/28/damien-hirst-bloodsplash-horrors-gunther-von-hagens-body-worlds

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Bedlam dreamscapes, digital-age aliens and a summer pastoral – the week in art
By Jonathan Jones

The terrifying visions of Richard Dadd, UFOs, aliens and Van Gogh’s troubled peasant woman – all in your weekly dispatch

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jul/24/bedlam-dreamscapes-digital-age-aliens-and-a-summer-pastoral-the-week-in-art

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Tate desperately needs a radical overhaul – but will its new director really be an agent of change?
By Jonathan Jones

From over-hyped shows to the woeful Turner prize, this huge institution has been beset by problems – yet new boss Jessica Morgan seems too much like a safe pair of hands to shake things up • Jessica Morgan named new Tate director

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jul/22/tate-new-director-london-jessica-morgan

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Richard Dadd review – can his mental illness help explain these arresting, bizarre images?
By Jonathan Jones

Royal Academy, LondonDadd was already a remarkable artist – with fairies as his hit theme – before he was locked up for murder. Yet it was within the confines of Bedlam that he saw nature and art afresh

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jul/21/richard-dadd-review-royal-academy-london-beyond-bedlam

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Hockney’s Pop pals, Warhol’s American republic and Linder punks Blackpool – the week in art
By Jonathan Jones

Patrick Caulfield, Claes Oldenburg and Jasper Johns put Hockney in context while Helen Chadwick’s provocations have a wild Welsh setting – all in your weekly dispatch

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jul/17/hockneys-graphic-1960s-linder-hits-blackpool-and-warhols-american-republic-the-week-in-art

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Madelon Vriesendorp review – sex-crazed visions of skyscrapers copulating
By Jonathan Jones

Sir John Soane’s Museum, LondonThe Empire State building is caught in bed with the Chrysler Building and a milk bottle turns into a dragon in the raunchy and cheekily provocative work of the Dutch artist and architect

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jul/16/madelon-vriesendorp-review-sir-john-soanes-museum-london-skyscrapers

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Ana Mendieta review – were she still alive she’d be at the forefront of art in this century
By Jonathan Jones

Tate Modern, LondonThis exhibition makes nothing of the Cuban-American artist’s controversial death – instead it focuses on the astounding way she left an imprint of herself on the earth using blood, feathers and gunpowder

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jul/13/ana-mendieta-review-tate-modern-london

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Animals review – a carnival of curious fish and fantastic beasts
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/20/animals-review-british-library-london?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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