To mark the centenary of the death of Harry Houdini, we explore four works that conjure the spirit of trickery, misdirection and sleight of hand
From London to the Low Countries, museums across Europe are putting Old Masters in the spotlight this month
From Franz West’s tongue-in-cheek sculptures in Vienna to a new film by Nan Goldin in London, here’s our list of must-see museum shows in November
Be it Chinese woodblock prints in Cleveland or Korean ceramics in Paris, here are four eye-catching shows of Asian art
Dany Chan of the Walters Art Museum explains why kingfisher feathers were among the most prized decorative items at the imperial court
At TM Gallery in London, the artist Stewart Geddes and curator Freeny Yianni spoke to Lucy Waterson of Apollo about ‘Kairos’, a new exhibition of Geddes’s paintings
Plus: Limoges town hall partly destroyed by fire | judge orders Colombian government to stop removing items from National Museum | V&A staff vote to strike again | Visitor killed by falling debris at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West
Photographs, manuscripts and even a typewriter owned by the Queen of Crime go on show at the British Library
Paintings by artists who around the turn of the 20th century sought refuge in some of Europe’s quieter corners are in the spotlight
Royal feasts in the Burgundian Low Countries were unrivalled – though this show also explores the eating habits of the less fortunate
