Features

Throne chairs have acted as seats of power for centuries – but their form and meaning has evolved

Norman Rosenthal, Rebecca Salter, Nick Goss and Sarah Turner share their views on what sets the RA apart

The RA’s Secretary and Chief Executive traces the history of the institution’s redevelopment

The Danish artist and former geologist has died at the age of 79

The luxury brand Montblanc recently launched the 27th edition of its cultural patronage awards

Chris Ofili’s notorious ‘The Holy Virgin Mary’ goes to MoMA and the Baltimore Museum of Art updates its contemporary art collection

What Renaissance ceramics tell us about the European print culture of the time

Ayres has died at the age of 88 after a long, vibrant career as one of Britain’s leading abstract painters

The museum’s collection of more than a million artefacts is being redisplayed in a major refurbishment

A major work of land art by Nancy Holt and Liotard’s largest extant work on pastel are among this month’s top acquisitions

A sculpture park in a hill fort and a mansion showing Indian crafts are just two signs of the region’s cultural renaissance

Peyton Skipwith remembers two decades of friendship and correspondence with the British artist

The Massachusetts institution is a small museum with a world-class collection – and it may even have a Leonardo