In Kowloon’s former Cattle Depot, artists defy the Beijing crackdown with alternative artworks of all kinds: there’s something provocative to look at, for free, every day
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Paddington through the ages – in pictures
Michael Bond, the creator of the bear from darkest Peru has died aged 91. He, we share illustrations by the artists who drew Paddington from 1958 to 2016.
Art from the Alps: a journey to Giacometti’s homeland
Switzerland’s mountains are stunning but the art of the Giacometti family enriches the cultural landscape, too. With a retrospective of sculptor Alberto opening at Tate Modern next week, our writer tours the area that inspired him
Frida Kahlo: through the lens of Nickolas Muray – in pictures
Classic images of Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray, her longtime friend and lover, form a new exhibition at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California, set to open on 30 April.
JMW Turner’s Stonehenge: ancient stones and bloodthirsty skies
An image steeped in Romanticism, this painting was a commercial failure – but it’s now considered a milestone in the great artist’s career
National Portrait Gallery acquires Wellington painting after £1.3m plea
NPG raises funds to buy Sir Thomas Lawrence’s unfinished Duke of Wellington portrait to plug 161-year gap in its collection
Museum rescues sculptor Camille Claudel from decades of obscurity
French artist, once the lover of Auguste Rodin, has her career celebrated with opening of museum in Nogent-sur-Seine
GF Watts: the Victorian painter who inspired Obama
Paintings by GF Watts have influenced figures as diverse as EM Forster and Barack Obama. Two hundred years after his birth, he stands out as one of the most distinctive – and elusive – painters of his times
Arthouse in Tuscany
Villa Lena is part rural retreat, part creative workshop – with an ambience like something out of a Bertolucci film
The market stall in Mexico where ‘Frida Kahlo’ will cook you an enchilada
Looking remarkably like the fabled Mexican artist, Beatriz Vázquez Gómez also draws crowds with her speciality cooking