Sculptures and their natural surroundings can shape each other in subtle and sometimes visually stunning ways, as these four artworks demonstrate
The mystery surrounding the meaning of an allegorical painting by Dosso Dossi may be precisely its point, explains the curator Pierre Curie
These versatile makers – one of the most influential couples of the 20th-century art world – are the subject of a major retrospective in Brussels
The importance of colour to Mesoamerican art and society is the subject of this show, which includes ancient objects as well as work by contemporary Indigenous colourists
The American artist brings word art to the Fitzwilliam in a sprawling retrospective that makes creative use of the museum’s permanent collection
Compton Verney celebrates what was once one of the most popular art forms in Britain, proving that size really doesn’t matter
The museum’s longest serving director is leaving in 2025; plus the artist Rebecca Horn has died at the age of 80, and the Italian culture minister has resigned after hiring his lover as an advisor
Kevin Dumouchelle of the National Museum of African Art explains what a fearsome 19th-century ceremonial mask meant to its makers in Côte d’Ivoire
Plus: open letter criticises Chinese interference in French museums, and Las Vegas is to get an art museum
A Madonna of the Cherries by Quentin Metsys and a very rare sketchbook by Caspar David Friedrich are among the most important works to have entered public collections in the last month
