The creator of the Moomins thought deeply about friendship in her Alice illustrations
A new art gallery in Bishop Auckland celebrates the mining art of northern England
The Chrysler Museum celebrated its biggest gift in decades last month, while the Met acquired an extremely unusual coffin
From the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, to artists’ films at the BFI London Film Festival, there's plenty to see outside of Regent's Park
Plus: Jack Whitten, Lisson Gallery's 50th birthday, and Willem de Kooning's late paintings
Plus: Giorgio de Chirico’s writings, Enrico David’s sculptures, and reflections on W.G. Sebald
Plus: exhibitions of William Turnbull, Gino De Dominicis, and Tim Head
Plus: Brice Marden’s painstaking exploration of paint and an Italian protégé of Duchamp makes his debut in London
The private collection of Francesco Federico Cerruti will prove a revelation when it goes on show in Turin
Charitable efforts to end prostitution in 18th-century London took many forms, and left behind some remarkable objects
The painters of New Spain have been misunderstood for centuries, but their work seems to be entering the mainstream at last
With the Istanbul Biennial comes a host of exciting satellite exhibitions around the city
He'll be remembered as a wordsmith, but Ashbery was also a brilliant art critic, collector, and artist with a gift for seeing
Paleoart and dioramas are designed to depict prehistory and the natural world – but what they really reveal are our own hopes and fears
This month's acquisitions include a major collection of African art, a treasure from Queen Victoria's personal collection, and a beautiful 18th-century landscape
Tang was well known as an entrepreneur, a socialite, and a columnist; he was also a leading art collector and patron of the arts
In the decade since it opened, the collection has emerged as a frontrunner among Italy’s contemporary cultural foundations
Collector, dealer, novelist, art historian, culture minister, conservationist – André Malraux's influence still looms large
The city's cultural ambitions are growing in the run-up to the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage
Studio potters continue to push the boundaries of their medium in Britain
For Inti Ligabue collecting tribal and oceanic art is a way of telling stories about the cultures the objects come from
Millions were displaced and hundreds of thousands killed in the Partition of India. Seventy years on, a new museum addresses the tragedy
There are plenty of events opening in the coming months, from Bamako's photography festival to the sprawling, 'borderless' BienalSur
Is D.H. Lawrence's account of the archaeological sites of Etruria still relevant today?
