Art books to self-isolate with, from Patti Smith to Lucian Freud – the week in art

Picasso’s inner beast, a sizzling take on Bacon and Buñuel’s last breath are among our art biographies to curl up with – all in your weekly dispatch

Masters and machines: the best art and architecture of 2019

Van Gogh comes to London, Keith Haring scribbles over Liverpool, Jean Nouvel gets weird in Qatar, and the V&A hits top gear

From Picasso at his mightiest to gods of American cool: the hottest art shows of 2018

Picasso reveals his most erotic year, Andreas Gursky predicts the post-truth era, O’Keeffe and Hopper hit Oxford – and the only way is Sussex for William Blake in our exhibitions preview

Sotheby’s to offer never before seen pieces. Record sales expected.

Record sales expected at Sotheby’s auction. Three months after Sotheby’s record-breaking sale of Contemporary Art in New York, the auction house is bringing to the market a number of major art works, many of which have rarely, if ever, been seen at auction before. Sotheby’s flagship Contemporary Art sale in London on Tuesday 12th February … Read more