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Mohammed Sami: Isthmus

In his new paintings, the rising Iraqi-born artist makes ambiguity alluring
Art Without Heroes: Mingei

This fabulous show is dedicated to Mingei, the influential folk-craft movement developed in Japan in the 1920s and 30s, in which traditional craft objects and unnamed artisans are valued for their cultural worth and aesthetic purity
Wayne Eager – interview: ‘In Central Australia, I was mesmerised by the bright light and colour in the wide, open landscape’

A three-month stay in Central Australia with his partner, the artist Marina Strocchi, turned into a 30-year sojourn. Eager talks about working with Indigenous people to further their art and witnessing a transformation in the art market’s view of Aboriginal…
Alex Ely – interview: ‘Ultimately the success of any building is how well it’s used and how well it’s stewarded’

What is the secret to making buildings that other architects admire and envy, but which are dedicated to the greater good? Mae Architects founder Alex Ely shares insights on the firm’s Stirling Prize-winning approach
The Glass Heart: Art, Industry & Collaboration

This beguiling exhibition, which spans 170 years, reveals the impressive adaptability of glass in the most atmospheric of settings
Anselm Kiefer: Fallen Angels

With a mix of new and old works, Kiefer draws us into a world where good and evil are blurred – and it’s hard not to see parallels with what is happening in Gaza
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood

With works covering pregnancy, birth and nursing through to caring for older children, as well as miscarriage and involuntary childlessness, this show sets out to demonstrate that motherhood is a legitimate subject for contemporary art
Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World

This major retrospective celebrates the work of a man whose atmospheric shots of New York street scenes made him one of the most important photographers of the postwar period
Paul Maheke: To be Blindly Hopeful

This show sprang from a journal the artist kept during the Covid lockdowns in 2020-21, a time of intense introspection. Through film, drawings and paintings Maheke transports us through adversity to a place of hope
Matthew Wong | Vincent van Gogh: Painting as a Last Resort

Wong’s exuberant dreamscapes and imaginary worlds sprang from many influences, but his affinity for Van Gogh’s work lasted throughout his brilliant, though tragically short, career