Van Gogh spent formative years between 1873 and 1876 living and working as an art dealer, and later a teacher, in London. There he was not only inspired by the large modern capital but also by writers such as George Eliot and Charles Dickens, and artists including John Constable and John Everett Millais. He also spent many hours discovering the city on foot. Here, a fellow walker follows in his footsteps

The French painter Pierre Bonnard often worked from memory, capturing fleeting moods and moments in unconventional compositions. A bold and innovative colourist, his work ranged from intimate domestic scenes to vibrant landscapes filled with the movement and rhythm of life

Dorothea Tanning was an American painter, sculptor, writer and poet whose seven-decade career ranged from powerful early paintings that were heavily influenced by surrealism to extraordinary stuffed-textile sculptures. Here, we trace the trajectory of the artist's life and her compelling work

Don McCullin (b1935) is an internationally acclaimed photographer with over 60 years of experience documenting the world’s devastating wars and its harrowing humanitarian disasters, as well as photographing the lives of people from the industrial north of England and the homeless of east London. Undimmed by age, McCullin remains an energetic and compassionate chronicler of our world. Simon Grant, editor of Tate Etc., visited him at his home in the Somerset countryside to hear the story of his extraordinary life

The late Austrian artist Franz West (1947–2012) was one of the most influential artists of the past 50 years. His retrospective at Tate Modern explores his irreverent sensibility and irreverent approach to art and materials, bringing together almost 200 works including abstract sculptures, furniture, collages and large outdoor works

Anna Boghiguian’s raw and expressionistic paintings, sculptures and site-specific installations are characterised by bold colours, chaotic compositions and the intertwining of history, myth, and politics. Here we discover the inspiration for this ever-transitory artist’s work

Introducing the Romanian-born artist who created performances and sculptures that shaped a generation of British artists

Writer Sabrina Mahfouz uncovers several feminist photography projects from the 1970s by the Hackney Flashers and asks, will we ever catch up with collectives?

Amid the continuing refugee crisis across Europe and rise of right-wing politics, Monica Bohm-Duchen looks back at a time of greater turmoil to reveal the rich and pervasive contribution that those fleeing Nazi Europe made to the British art world

How did Walter Gropius, founder of the modernist Bauhaus school of art and design in Germany, make such a strong impression on London’s artistic and intellectual community during the brief time he lived there?

It’s official. The findings from a recently completed three-year survey reveal that teenagers view arts subjects as an essential element of their education

One writer takes a deeper look at Mel Bochner’s work on paper

John-Paul stonard argues that the most powerful art is often based on elaborate untruths

English professor Devorah Baum reflects on Ford Madox Brown’s watercolour

Biologist Kathy Willis studies Kathleen Gerrard’s painting in the Tate collection

Artist Walead Beshty considers the importance of the incendiary Mexican muralist

The results of recent political elections across the globe have gone hand in hand with increasingly polarised debate. Jochen Volz argues that the artist’s idea of art as a means of modelling realities can be a useful tool for looking at the ‘multiple truths’ that exist in our world