Features

Takesada Matsutani is one of the surviving members of the avant-garde Gutai group. He explains how its influence is everywhere in his work

The Ateneum holds the Finnish national art collection from the mid 18th century to 1960, but only a sixth of its works are on display.

Umberto Boccioni’s untimely death in 1916 turned him into the tragic hero of Futurism – and helped the artist’s reputation flourish abroad

From Le Corbusier’s modernist buildings to impressive prehistoric architecture, here’s a round-up of the new additions

The city’s vibrant, provisional art scene is thriving, but you have to know where to go

Both the Courtauld and the Menil Collection acquire important works by Jasper Johns, while SFMOMA bolsters its already impressive photography collection

Reflecting on the Protestant cemetery in Rome – which Shelley called ‘the most beautiful cemetery’ he knew

Several notable modern poets have been attracted to the freshness of Wood’s artistic vision and the romantic glamour of his short life

Alfredo Volpi is an unfamiliar name in the UK, but a cultural hero in Brazil. He is just one of the Latin American artists whose work is being discovered abroad

New footage released this week shows the militants detonating explosives at the site, and concludes with a threat to ‘demolish’ the pyramids at Giza