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Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

The Whitney’s pantheon exhibition, of close to 300 works, sidelines Andy, the pop artist marketed on posters and mugs, to reveal Warhol, the visionary become meme with a signature vocabulary that still colours the culture
Julie Greve: ‘I don’t like shooting models. They are taught so quickly to pose’

The recent art-school graduate, who was selected to photograph this season’s campaign for standout British fashion label JW Anderson, discusses her approach to commercial projects and the importance of forming a rapport with her subjects
Pepe López: ‘When it comes to exile, we keep all memories in the same place in the heart’

The Venezuelan artist recounts packing a life into a suitcase, the potency of objects in evoking the past, and the will to overcome loss through transformation
Andreas Lolis: ‘I’m not working with marble, I’m conversing with it’

Lolis talks about why he uses marble to sculpt bin bags, wooden crates and other mundane items, in reference to homelessness, the refugee crisis and Greece’s changing society
The Bunker Artspace – Art as autobiography

Given a test run last autumn and reopening on 2 December, The Bunker, a private venue fronting the collection of curator-collector Beth Rudin DeWoody, is a trifecta of firsts; first to give Palm Beach a serious art scene; first to…
Edward Burne-Jones

Burne-Jones may not appeal to the contemporary art world, but Tate Britain’s survey proves there’s more to the pre-Raphaelite master than Arthurian escapism
Artes Mundi 8 Prize and Exhibition

The artists shortlisted for Artes Mundi 8 aim to stir our consciences on everything from abuse of the Earth’s resources to the creep of surveillance and the steel industry’s impact. We talk to two of them, Anna Boghiguian and Otobong…
Santiago Sierra: Black Flag

This immersive installation documents Sierra’s provocative planting of black flags – symbol of the anarchist movement – at the north and south poles, opening the way for a timely discussion on borders and freedom of movement
Anna Boghiguian, interview, Artes Mundi 8

Anna Boghiguian talks about her travels and research for A Meteor Fell from the Sky, the founding of India’s first steel business, Tata Steel, and how this material is currently being manipulated by assorted superpowers to influence global economies and…
Otobong Nkanga, interview, Artes Mundi 8

Otobong Nkanga talks about her inspirations for the works on show at Artes Mundi 8, and her enduring preoccupations with the reciprocity or interconnectedness of emotion and action around the world
Yayoi Kusama: The Moving Moment When I Went to the Universe

In the 60s, Kusama was a pioneering artist, but it’s hard not to feel that this show, with its hyped-up pumpkins and mirror room, is more about her status as an Instagram sensation
A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now, 1981-2018

Revisiting a seminal exhibition from nearly four decades ago, curator Norman Rosenthal presents 15 painters who have stood the test of time and who evidence the continuing relevance of painting as an artistic medium
Photo/Politics/Austria

Vienna’s museum of modern art presents a photographic journey through the past 100 years of Austrian history that reveals how images can change the way we remember events and eras
Bruegel

Marking 450 years since Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s death, this staggering survey reunites a vast amount of work from the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century
Magdalena Abakanowicz: Presence, Essence, Identity

Magdalena Mielnicka, an expert on Abakanowicz, talks about the irrepressible Polish artist’s extraordinary life and her uncanny sculptures, currently on show at Stara Kopalnia Science and Art Centre, Wałbrzych
Henrike Naumann: ‘I really see fascism in the furniture’

Naumann’s careful recreations of 1990s living spaces explore how sudden social and economic change led to the rise of the far right in Germany and Austria
Edward Burtynsky: The Human Signature

Burtynsky’s photographs capture the drama of a planet in flux, combining technical virtuosity with a powerful message about climate change and our role in destroying the Earth
Suspension: A History of Abstract Hanging Sculpture 1918-2018

From Duchamp’s Travelling Sculpture to a tiny work by Ruth Asawa, Suspension proposes a new category within the story of modern sculpture
Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and the Avant-garde

Modern Couples attempts to retell the story of the modernist avant-garde through creative relationships. But is its intellectual impact marred by its massive scale?
Damien Coulthard: Songlines XXX, Adnyamathanha Yarta – ‘It’s exciting when you feel a connection with ancestral lands’

To mark its 30th anniversary, Rebecca Hossack Gallery is showing the Australian artist Damien Coulthard. Here, he talks about painting the creation stories of his people, the Adnyamathanha
Pierre Le-Tan: The Collection of Monsieur X

The French artist and illustrator explains his love of collecting, his collaboration with Patrick Modiano and why he stopped working for magazines
Phoebe Unwin: Field

Unwin describes the role of memory in the 10 oil paintings of this solo show and explains why she resists being aligned with any specific group or movement
Goldsmiths Centre For Contemporary Art

The Turner Prize-winning architectural collective Assemble has transformed an old bathhouse into a contemporary arts centre that is idiosyncratic and joyful
Franz West retrospective – playfulness is in the air

From his diminutive drawings to his large Pepto-Bismol pink sculptures, Franz West’s world will leave you feeling slightly scrambled, but wholly absorbed