Art

Force of nature | Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots, Serpentine Gallery, London

An enchanting realm where the body and nature intertwine

Forget me not | Addressing the silence of women in art

Beth Williamson looks at how Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket gallery gave life to the forgotten parts of its archive

Best in Show | Et in Arcadia Ego, 1976, by Ian Hamilton Finlay (with John Andrew)

Kirstie Meehan chooses her highlight from a new show at the National Galleries Scotland: Modern Two

The shape of a city | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

The first phase of the museum’s revamp is very engaging indeed

Open minded | Modern Art Oxford

This revamped regional gallery is now a more welcoming, accessible and inclusive venue

Book review | The Art of Conservation

This substantial account of painting conservation is a fine addition to existing literature, says Florence Hallett

The art of decolonisation

Simon Stephens on the growing trend of artists exploring the legacy of empire through museum collections

Van Gogh breaks records at National Gallery

Show was the London museum's most popular ticketed exhibition ever

Books | Artists Remake the World, A Contemporary Art Manifesto, by Vid Simoniti

An ambitious appraisal of art’s political role

Louise Bourgeois spider to return to Tate Modern for gallery’s 25th birthday

Maman sculpture will be reinstalled in its original home in the Turbine Hall

Q&A | ‘Healing our soil is the most effective weapon we have against climate catastrophe’

As it prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary, Somerset House is digging deep with a landmark new art exhibition

Q&A | ‘Public engagement with the idea of buying original art has definitely changed’

As the Own Art loan scheme celebrates its 20th birthday, Mary-Alice Stack tells us how it has benefited artists, museums and the public