Visual Art

Myth and meaning

Exploring the humane and deeply moving video art of Kutlug Ataman

Living with the monster

A season of contemporary work from Iran shows that the country offers its artists rich inspiration - at a price

Soul searching

The Eighth Sharjah Biennial is the latest in a series of huge art exhibitions to take place in the Gulf. Rachel Aspden finds that the work on show fails to challenge the rigidly controlled society outside the gallery

A room of his own

The inspirational installationist Mike Nelson is chosen to fill the British pavilion at the 2011 Venice Biennale.

The divided self

Annette Messager subverts the stereotype of women as nurturing creatures

The paradise that wasn’t

Mark Ravenhill is an awe-inspiring dramatist, despite his dubious politics Over There Royal Court Theatre, London SW1

Gerhard Richter: Panorama (Tate Modern)

Richter distrusts the perfection of his own art.

Toreador of the Test match

Sachin Tendulkar, India’s “Little Master”, carries the hopes of a nation on his shoulders each time he walks out to bat.

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Duty over disclosure

In sitting for so many portraits, the Queen has learned to turn her public face into an inscrutable mask.

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