The importance of exercise as a protector of not just physical but mental health has become a mainstream notion. With that in mind, here are five great artworks that celebrate the joys of dance – surely one of the best forms of exercise known to humankind
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Making music is an embodied activity, something made by human bodies – and in the history of art we see humans making music again and again. Such lyrical works can come with complex meanings. Our expert, Dr Matt Wates, reveals some prime examples
Elisabeth Frink’s Green Man (blue) has links to spring and rebirth. The work also speaks, says Frink expert Annette Ratuszniak, of a key time in the artist’s life
Immerse yourself in nature, see new cinema and experience a master painter like never before
Confessions, hard knocks and writing at dawn: Sue Herdman meets award-winning poet, author and broadcaster Lemn Sissay
Sculpture by legendary names, ancient craft and work by Warhol – here are five great art shows to put a spring in your step this month
Angelica Kauffman was a boundary breaker and brilliant social networker. As a new exhibition of her works opens at London’s Royal Academy, curator Annette Wickham reveals seven must-know facts about her