Before she became a novelist, the writer studied architecture – and even made and acted in a film about idealistic students who want to do things their way
A show about Peggy Guggenheim’s time running a gallery in London could have a touch more fun with its subject
A biblical scene by Lavinia Fontana and a huge collection of Palestinian textiles are among the most exciting objects to enter public collections recently
The Musée du Quai Branly is 20 this year. It has long aspired to be a place of post-colonial dialogue between cultures. Is this finally becoming a reality?
The New York Historical has been charting America’s history for more than two centuries. What does a brand new wing dedicated to democracy add to the story?
A wine estate chapel redecorated by Sol LeWitt and David Tremlet is a unique blend of viticulture and art
The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been in limbo for 30 years. With no state support, it raises funds as it can, but is determined to bring people together
‘Tablescaping’ is nothing new – just look at these dazzling centrepieces made by 18th- and 19th-century goldsmiths
Highlights include a collection of 20th-century Haitian art for Princeton and a rare letter by Rubens for the Rubenshuis
When David Hockney wrote a book arguing that many Old Master painters used optical devices, the idea was hotly debated by art historians. In 2010, he talked to Martin Gayford about his unorthodox and firmly held belief
Masterpieces by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera have a rare outing in Mexico City this summer, but their impending move to Spain has raised hackles
The wine producer Ornellaia has commissioned the artist to create labels for its 2023 vintage – an apt choice, given her interest in full-bodied transformations
The Austrian museum dedicated to works on paper is celebrating its anniversary by looking back to its founders – and hatching big plans for the future
The David Geffen Galleries are a bold answer to the problem of the ‘universal’ museum, with an emphasis on looking at the works rather than reading about them
An Irish radical who had a brief stint at Roger Fry’s Omega Workshops, this talented artist emerges from a new exhibition and biography as elusive as the figures in her paintings
Lord’s is the most evocative place in English cricket – but can the art on the walls help haul it into the 21st century?
The American painter won worldwide renown for his lush landscapes, but perhaps his greatest work of art was the mansion he had built in the Hudson Valley
Kevin Salatino and Mel Becker Solomon of the Art Institute of Chicago anatomise one of the Abstract Expressionist’s pastel drawings of women
The National Museum of Contemporary in Athens has had a long and troubled gestation. But under its director, Katerina Gregos, it has become one of Europe’s most exciting museums
In praise of the artist as a flag-bearer for a particular kind of inscrutable, elegant painting
BRUSK, a new space for temporary exhibitions in Bruges, is connecting locals with the city’s rich cultural and mercantile past while keeping up with contemporary art
A 17th-century fresco by Giacinto Platania in Catania’s cathedral captures an eruption that lasted for 122 days
Ana María Bresciani of the Munchmuseet explains how Edvard Munch turned the canteen of an Oslo chocolate factory into a de facto gallery of modern art
For 10 years, the photographer Clémentine Schneidermann and creative director Charlotte James have worked with young people in the South Wales Valleys on a fashion project with a real sense of place
