Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty review – superficially magnificent
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
A ravishing retrospective of the late designer’s work inspires awe, unease, frustration and covetousness
Art and design
Yayoi Kusama named world’s most popular artist in 2014
The Japanese artist drew over 2 million viewers to her work – but a survey shows female artists are still less likely to be chosen for solo shows by American galleries
Wings of desire: how butterflies have captivated artists
From Bruegel to Nabokov and The Silence of the Lambs, butterflies have flitted through our imaginations and into our culture. Patrick Barkham pins up the choice specimens – and finds out why new film The Duke of Burgundy is awash with them
Don’t be sniffy about oil-rich states, Art Dubai funds the world’s most radical art
It’s not all super-yachts and spending binges: Art Dubai, which begins this week, is opening doors for some of the most marginalised voices in art
Hello, Kitty: Japan’s obsession with cats hits New York
Centuries before Maru the YouTube star, cats were revered in Japan – despite the fact they are not native to the country. That love endures, as a new show reveals
Van Gogh’s fading Sunflowers… and other tales of decaying art
Supposed damage to Van Gogh’s paintings is minimal, but other masterpieces by Leonardo and Duchamp et al are showing the ravages of time