Ai Weiwei’s visit to Britain for the opening of his show at the Royal Academy will be brief. The British Embassy in Beijing has written to the artist, turning down his application for a six-month ‘business visitor’ visa. Instead, it will only grant him permission for the travel dates he has requested, citing his failure […]
Preview the works that will go on display at the Royal Academy this autumn
York Art Gallery reintroduces entrance charges; Ai Weiwei gets his passport back; The Hermitage will open an outpost in Moscow; Baselitz and Richter throw their cultural weight around.
Our picks from the impressive collection at the renovated York Art Gallery
Announcing the Prix Pictet shortlist; Adam Buck at the Ashmolean museum; Impressionism comes to Philadelphia
Your chance to win 'Delacroix and His Forgotten World: The Origins of Romantic Painting', by Margaret MacNamidhe
Cuban government returns Tania Bruguera’s passport; Gerhard Richter threatens to pull loaned artworks from German museums; Douglas Gordon attacks theatre with axe
Ever thought a piece of contemporary art was rubbish? You're not alone
The theme for the latest edition of the prestigious prize is 'Disorder'
The many faces of Audrey Hepburn; Agnes Martin's journey into white; Duane Hanson's extraordinarily lifelike sculptures; and wonderful watercolours from the Fitzwilliam Museum
