A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (detail; 1881–82), Édouard Manet. Courtauld Gallery, London

Courtauld Gallery Virtual Tour

A snapshot of Samuel Courtauld’s collection before the galleries closed for renovation in 2018

27 Mar 2020
Facundia Difficilis (Eloquence Takes Effort) (1573), unknown artist.

Impressed by Plantin

Design your own stationery using patterns from the Plantin-Moretus Museum’s 14,000-strong collection of woodcuts

27 Mar 2020
Portrait of a Young Gentleman (detail; 1633–34), Rembrandt.

Rembrandt and Amsterdam Portraiture, 1590–1670

This virtual visit lets you scroll at your own pace through the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza’s exhibition on the Dutch master

20 Mar 2020
The South Wall of the Dutch and Flemish Room at Neue Mainzer Strassse, 1833

Time Machine: The Städel Museum in the 19th century

A series of detailed reconstructions transport viewers back to the museum’s three historic locations

20 Mar 2020
Detail from page 40 of the Catalogue des Tableaux de Mr Julienne (c. 1756), Jean-Baptiste-François de Montullé.

Catalogue des tableaux de Mr. de Jullienne

The French collector’s illustrated catalogue of his paintings is an 18th-century version of a virtual museum

20 Mar 2020
The Three Marys at the Tomb (detail; c. 1410–26), Hubert and Jan van Eyck.

Closer to Van Eyck

High-resolution images of the Flemish master’s work bring us nearer his surfaces than ever before

20 Mar 2020
Nan Goldin photographed at the Palace of Versailles in May 2019.

Personality of the Year

Nan Goldin

21 Nov 2019

Museum Opening of the Year

Africa Museum, Tervuren

21 Nov 2019
Frank Bowling, photographed in his studio in London for Apollo in April 2017. Photo: © Alastair Levy

Artist of the Year

Frank Bowling

21 Nov 2019

Book of the Year

‘Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist’ by Elizabeth Goldring

21 Nov 2019
Deser for Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, Bailli de Breteuil (detail; c. 1778), Luigi Valadier, installation view, Frick Collection, New York, 2018. Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid and Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid. Photo: Michael Bodycomb

Exhibition of the Year

‘Luigi Valadier: Splendor in Eighteenth-Century Rome’

21 Nov 2019
Self-portrait (detail; 1942), Van Leo. Van Leo Collection at the Arab Image Foundation, Beirut

Digital Innovation of the Year

Arab Image Foundation

21 Nov 2019
Intaglio with bust of Antinous (131–38 AD), Italy or Greece

Acquisition of the Year

Gems from the Sangiorgi Collection

21 Nov 2019

Artist of the Year

Frank Bowling The first major show of his work in the UK, a survey of Bowling’s 60-year career at Tate…

15 Nov 2019

Exhibition of the Year

Bernard van Orley: Brussels and the Renaissance BOZAR, Brussels 20 February–26 May With more than 100 works on show, this…

15 Nov 2019

Museum Opening of the Year

Africa Museum, Tervuren Reopened December 2018 After a five-year renovation the Africa Museum just outside Brussels, which was once known…

15 Nov 2019

Book of the Year

Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered Carmen C. Bambach Yale University Press Bambach’s four-volume account of the artist’s life and work is…

15 Nov 2019

Acquisition of the Year

Centraal Museum, Utrecht The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche (1601–03), Joachim Wtewael In 1933, a catalogue of works by Joachim…

15 Nov 2019

Digital Innovation of the Year

Arab Image Foundation In May 2019 the Arab Image Foundation completed its $255,000 digitisation initiative (launched in 2017) ahead of…

15 Nov 2019

Haig Aivazian

Beirut

4 Sep 2019
Photo: Sofia Dadourian

Reem Fadda

Director, Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi

4 Sep 2019
Photo: Matin Jameie; courtesy Dastan’s Basement

Hormoz Hematian

Founding Director, Dastan’s Basement, Tehran

4 Sep 2019

Dana Farouki

New York

4 Sep 2019

Sophia Al-Maria

London

4 Sep 2019