The Royal Academy of Arts offers viewers the chance to compare the three Renaissance rivals and contemporaries
The Thracians were rarely regional top dogs but, as a show at the Getty Villa proves, their artistry was unparallelled
As Diwali continues in full swing, it’s the perfect time to explore four objects that capture several elements of the festival and its mythology
At the Art Gallery of Ontario, visitors fitted with heart monitors have found Otto Dix stimulating and Gerhard Richter soothing. The rest of art history remains to be rated…
Plus: the Whitney Museum of American Art is making admission free for under-26s after a donation from Julie Mehretu; and Gary Indiana has died at the age of 74
Documentary photographs from apartheid-era South Africa sit alongside pictures inspired by Candomblé traditions in this wide-ranging show in Chicago
Political art, text-based works and flamboyant self-portraits by the German photographer go on show in Düsseldorf
The horrors of the First World War and its troubled aftermath loom large in the Austrian artist’s inventive, disconcerting paintings
The most extensive survey to date of the artist’s career touches on Romanian craft traditions as well as the country’s turbulent history
To coincide with United Nations Day, we look at four artworks and objects designed to promote harmony or tranquillity