Giants of Ukrainian art, Henry Moore goes to war and Chris Ofili’s myth making – the week in art
To see work by many black artists, go to the V&A
April 2024
Marlborough Gallery to call it quits after nearly 80 years in a fast-evolving art scene
Jonathan Jones
Stately gallery founded in 1946 in the age of high-minded modernism finally had to succumb to a new reality
September 2023
Chris Ofili: Requiem review – Grenfell Tower as a burning cage in an ocean of despair
‘I want it to hit people in the gut’: Chris Ofili on his epic, three-wall Grenfell fresco
June 2023
Chris Ofili: The Seven Deadly Sins review – sacred, seductive and sensational
Full of giddying detail and unfathomable mystery, these large, luxurious and deeply complex paintings are among the most beguiling works the artist has ever made
July 2022
In the Black Fantastic review – spectacular from first to last
Wild imagination unites 11 artists from the African diaspora, including Nick Cave and Kara Walker, as they address racial injustice through myth and fantasy in this never less than magnificent show
June 2022
In the Black Fantastic review – reaching for tomorrow’s art world
Eleven contemporary artists inspired by Afrofuturism consider possible futures with a hopeful, fizzing energy
December 2021
Life Between Islands review – a mind-altering portrait of British Caribbean life through art
Seventy years of tumultuous to-and-fro between grey Britain and the golden Caribbean, belonging and exile, power this crucial, enthralling show
November 2021
Life Between Islands review: displaying the power and passion of Caribbean-British art
Greek Myths: A New Retelling by Charlotte Higgins; Medusa: The Girl Behind the Myth by Jessie Burton – review
October 2021
Greek Myths: A New Retelling by Charlotte Higgins review – gloriously interwoven tales
The classical stories of eight weaving women are depicted on their looms’ warp and weft in this thoughtful, dazzlingly illustrated collection
February 2021
Lockdown culture
The Sky Was Blue the Sea Was Blue and the Boy Was Blue review – a monochrome marvel
In this uplifting virtual show, works by 19 artists, including Paula Rego, Chris Ofili and Chantal Joffe, have one thing in common
December 2019
The Observer's obituaries of 2019
Joe Casely-Hayford remembered by Chris Ofili
The quietly brilliant UK fashion designer remembered by the painter, who first met him in late-1990s London
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The best art of the 21st century
Peter Doig; Jasmine Thomas-Girvan & Chris Ofili review – tall tales on distant shores
July 2018
Trump v the art world: from a gold toilet to his latest culture war
The state department has yet to select an artist for next year’s Venice biennale – the latest sign of the Trump administration’s toxic relationship with the arts
December 2017
Best culture 2017
Adrian Searle's top 10 art shows of 2017
Chris Ofili stitched up Eden, Rodney Graham went stilt-walking, Picasso biked to the bullfight and Rachel Whiteread poured herself a hot water bottle. But the year belonged to the unsettling, eruptive visions of Wolfgang Tillmans
September 2017
The Guardian view on outrage and art: the new no longer shocks
Editorial: The fury provoked by Rachel Whiteread 25 years ago is unthinkable today – thank goodness
July 2017
Chris Ofili agrees to let Union Black fly again after giving flag to the Tate
Turner prizewinning artist’s work returns to London