The artist plans to turn a dilapidated palace into a lively new cultural venue – and the city needs others to follow his example
Joseph Gandy’s dramatic paintings turned John Soane’s neoclassical designs into full-blown Romantic fantasies
Mass-produced majolica has often been sneered at – but its exuberance is what makes it so appealing
The Crown Jewels are what the castle is most famous for, but over the centuries it has housed everything from prisoners to military hardware
David Chipperfield’s cool, if costly, renovation plays to the gallery’s minimalist strengths
Colombia’s indigenous communities are toppling statues of the Spanish conquerors to highlight past and present injustices
The portraits of James Barnor, Seydou Keïta and Malick Sidibé conjure up an image of cool modernity – but also draw on a long photographic tradition
A pair of amateur fossil hunters have uncovered a section of Jurassic sea floor in a sleepy corner of England
These comforting songs are freighted with cultural and personal memories – and artists are working to preserve them
It may be an unassuming little shelter, but the beach hut tells of a British infatuation with property and propriety
Like the rarest works of art, white truffles from Alba are commodities in a mysterious, monied world
Raymond Erith adapted classical architecture for a modern age
Native American belts made of wampum shells have long fulfilled a diplomatic purpose – and as such are very much a living art
The novelist may be little read today, but his fiction inspired an enduring, Romantic vision of the past
The giant ferris wheel may now be part of the furniture – but the view from on high is still revolutionary
Most Parisians treat the Arc de Triomphe as a glorified roundabout – but by climbing it they'd see the city in a new light
The sculptor took Restoration England by storm with his virtuosic woodwork
Through the Italian painter’s eyes, the German city became both an idealised version of itself and a surrogate for his native Venice
Why do paintings and objects from the Tudor and Stuart periods have so much to say for themselves?
An art trail at Wembley Park won’t change the behaviour of football fans – but the best works here are at least sensitive to their surroundings
One of the world’s greatest collections of medieval manuscripts now has state-of-the-art accommodation, writes Michael Prodger
At the Palazzo Grimani, more classical sculptures can now be seen in the splendid rooms in which they were once displayed
Sitting on the steps is now forbidden – but for centuries, the monumental staircase has been one of Rome’s most theatrical attractions
A troupe of nimble-footed technicians has been drafted in to restore monuments up and down the country – without a scaffold in sight
