Some 200 works drawn from more than 70 collections worldwide tell the story of Japan’s evolution into a globally-connected world power during the Meiji era
Women artists in Paris and Frankfurt were integral to the development of European modernism, as an exhibition at the Städel Museum demonstrates
A tender portrait by Gauguin of his young son and a bronze lion by Rembrandt Bugatti are among the most significant works to have entered a public collection in the last month
Plus: Eike Schmidt loses bid to become mayor of Florence; and US Supreme Court reverses a ruling that protected Sackler family from civil lawsuits
The Palace of Versailles, which is hosting Olympic equestrian events this summer, canters through five centuries of equine art
Surrealism’s most famous exponent had a profound respect for the Old Masters, according to this exhibition at the MFA Boston
More than six decades of fantastic life in plastic, from dream houses to the dolls themselves, go on display at the Design Museum in London
Turner’s depictions of the effects of industrialisation are relevant to the climate crisis today, argues a show at the artist’s house in London
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of the conceptual artist On Kawara, we look at four artworks that derive their power and meaning from data
Plus: Matthew Teitelbaum, director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, is stepping down; and the art dealer Barbara Gladstone has died
