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
Calls for cultural and academic boycotts of Israel continue to hit the headlines. Should we regard such politically charged stances as divisive or necessary for change?
Arts sector funding fared surprisingly well in the latest spending review, but questions remain, not least over the fate of municipal museums
The loss of 17 masterpieces is a disaster for the Italian museum sector
The retirement of co-director Julia Peyton-Jones comes at a time when the Serpentine and other London institutions are at a turning point
Al Faqi's trial for alleged destruction in Timbuktu is a humanitarian issue: the art is incidental
The long lost Charter of the Society of Artists has been found in a box of 'Artists' Memorabilia'
Artists, curators, collectors and dealers are flocking to it. Who should you be watching?
The Palazzo Strozzi's 'Divine Beauty' exhibition presents a complex and engaging vision of modern sacred art
Could a little controversy be a good thing?
James Turrell's light show at Houghton Hall is the perfect example of how event art can be truly illuminating
A 'six-footer' version of Constable's The Lock has come to market for the first time in 160 years. But who will want to take this monumental painting home?
Art constructed in nature must be subordinate to it
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
Are artists justified in boycotting Israel?
Calls for cultural and academic boycotts of Israel continue to hit the headlines. Should we regard such politically charged stances as divisive or necessary for change?
Autumn Statement brings relief but also unanswered questions for the arts
Arts sector funding fared surprisingly well in the latest spending review, but questions remain, not least over the fate of municipal museums
It is hard to overstate the gravity of the Castelvecchio thefts
The loss of 17 masterpieces is a disaster for the Italian museum sector
What next for the Serpentine?
The retirement of co-director Julia Peyton-Jones comes at a time when the Serpentine and other London institutions are at a turning point
Is cultural destruction a matter for the International Criminal Court?
Al Faqi's trial for alleged destruction in Timbuktu is a humanitarian issue: the art is incidental
An Unexpected Discovery at the Royal Academy
The long lost Charter of the Society of Artists has been found in a box of 'Artists' Memorabilia'
Art Masters of Instagram: 9 Accounts Worth Following
Artists, curators, collectors and dealers are flocking to it. Who should you be watching?
Editor’s Letter: Spirituality in Modern Art
The Palazzo Strozzi's 'Divine Beauty' exhibition presents a complex and engaging vision of modern sacred art
The Sobey Art Award is Canada’s Turner Prize – so why does nobody know about it?
Could a little controversy be a good thing?
Museums should embrace event art’s mass appeal
James Turrell's light show at Houghton Hall is the perfect example of how event art can be truly illuminating
A rare Constable comes to market
A 'six-footer' version of Constable's The Lock has come to market for the first time in 160 years. But who will want to take this monumental painting home?
We can’t ‘save’ Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, and it would be wrong to try
Art constructed in nature must be subordinate to it