The city, unlikely as it seems, is becoming a crucial place to explore contemporary art
'Attitudes change, fortunately, but...things we now find offensive cannot be airbrushed away.'
Neal Benezra on the reopening of the SFMOMA and why 2016 will be an exciting year for the entire San Francisco Bay Area
High drama under the high seas and issues of ownership and patrimony off the Colombian coast
Louise Nicholson predicts that 2016 will be the year of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Maggie Gray looks forward to British modernists at Tate Britain and Dulwich Picture Gallery, antiquities at the Metropolitan Museum and the Fitzwilliam, and the Queen's House at 400
Max Hollein on the link between the ICA's small but important archival displays, and Baselitz's early paintings at the Städel Museum
Digby Warde-Aldam anticipates a sensory overload in 2016 as Bosch and Bridget Riley take the stage
Maria Balshaw picks robots at the Manchester Art Gallery, Mona Hatoum at Tate Modern, hard-hitting photographs at Birmingham's Ikon gallery and underwear at the V&A
Imelda Barnard selects some post-war and contemporary art highlights, from Etel Adnan at the Serpentine, to Marcel Broodthaers at MoMA, and Anri Sala at the New Museum
Wim Pijbes on why the focus of the art world will shift in 2016, from Europe and the US to Africa, the Middle East and Asia
Fatema Ahmed looks forward to John Akomfrah's films at Lisson Gallery, a second edition of Photo London, and a mysterious show curated by Michel Houellebecq
Xavier Salomon's highlights include Old Masters in Italy, the Le Nain brothers in the US, and a celebration of Hieronymus Bosch in Madrid
Thomas Marks on Sicily at the British Museum and Ashmolean, Vittorio Cini's paintings from the Veneto, and the Parma School in Rome
Charles Saumarez Smith looks forward to the new Tate Modern and Design Museum buildings, the V&A's rethink of Botticelli and Pallant House's British art displays
'It is more important than ever to defend museums and what they make possible'
Does draft cultural property legislation in Germany threaten to damage German cultural life, or is it necessary for the safeguarding of the country’s heritage?
As London's former industrial areas are being redeveloped, artists are running out of affordable studio space. Can a city be a thriving cultural centre if its artists have nowhere to work?
Public sculpture was one marker of an ambitious, aspirant and generous society, the kind of world that we urgently need to be reminded of
We may wait years for another generation of French talents to compare with Annette Messager and her contemporaries
A misleading story reflects a deeper problem in how museum news is reported in the general press
Take a break from Christmas shopping to take in some art
Judging the quality of a work should involve some appreciation of its current condition
Sofia has many important monuments - and they should not be removed or destroyed
Protesting against a historical statue is not just childish – it’s bigoted, too
'Attitudes change, fortunately, but...things we now find offensive cannot be airbrushed away.'
12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Neal Benezra on the reopening of the SFMOMA and why 2016 will be an exciting year for the entire San Francisco Bay Area
Who owns the wreckage of the San José, and what should be done with it?
High drama under the high seas and issues of ownership and patrimony off the Colombian coast
12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Louise Nicholson predicts that 2016 will be the year of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Maggie Gray looks forward to British modernists at Tate Britain and Dulwich Picture Gallery, antiquities at the Metropolitan Museum and the Fitzwilliam, and the Queen's House at 400
12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Max Hollein on the link between the ICA's small but important archival displays, and Baselitz's early paintings at the Städel Museum
12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Digby Warde-Aldam anticipates a sensory overload in 2016 as Bosch and Bridget Riley take the stage
12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Maria Balshaw picks robots at the Manchester Art Gallery, Mona Hatoum at Tate Modern, hard-hitting photographs at Birmingham's Ikon gallery and underwear at the V&A
12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Imelda Barnard selects some post-war and contemporary art highlights, from Etel Adnan at the Serpentine, to Marcel Broodthaers at MoMA, and Anri Sala at the New Museum
12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Wim Pijbes on why the focus of the art world will shift in 2016, from Europe and the US to Africa, the Middle East and Asia
12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Fatema Ahmed looks forward to John Akomfrah's films at Lisson Gallery, a second edition of Photo London, and a mysterious show curated by Michel Houellebecq
12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Xavier Salomon's highlights include Old Masters in Italy, the Le Nain brothers in the US, and a celebration of Hieronymus Bosch in Madrid
12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Thomas Marks on Sicily at the British Museum and Ashmolean, Vittorio Cini's paintings from the Veneto, and the Parma School in Rome
12 Days: Highlights of 2016
Charles Saumarez Smith looks forward to the new Tate Modern and Design Museum buildings, the V&A's rethink of Botticelli and Pallant House's British art displays
It is more important than ever to protect our museums
'It is more important than ever to defend museums and what they make possible'
Is the German Cultural Property Protection Act to be welcomed?
Does draft cultural property legislation in Germany threaten to damage German cultural life, or is it necessary for the safeguarding of the country’s heritage?
Where will London’s artists work?
As London's former industrial areas are being redeveloped, artists are running out of affordable studio space. Can a city be a thriving cultural centre if its artists have nowhere to work?
The search is on for England’s missing public sculptures
Public sculpture was one marker of an ambitious, aspirant and generous society, the kind of world that we urgently need to be reminded of
Why are there no Young French Artists?
We may wait years for another generation of French talents to compare with Annette Messager and her contemporaries
The BBC should know better about university museums
A misleading story reflects a deeper problem in how museum news is reported in the general press
New York exhibitions to see before Christmas
Take a break from Christmas shopping to take in some art
Art critics have ignored the condition of artworks for too long
Judging the quality of a work should involve some appreciation of its current condition
Bulgaria must not try to forget its past
Sofia has many important monuments - and they should not be removed or destroyed