Last month's acquisitions include a portrait of a hirsute lady, and a major purchase for the Frick
Eugene Thaw, the collector of drawings and celebrated art dealer, has died at the age of 90
Vivian Maier took thousands of photographs, but showed them to no one. Why are some artists so determined to keep their work secret?
It’s a big year for museums in the UK, with reopenings, expansions, and collaborations in London and Cambridge
The chief curator of the Frick Collection picks out his highlights for the year ahead
Expect celebrations of Cubism, universal suffrage, architects and art collectors in the coming year
Highlights in Dublin and Cork this year include exhibitions on Brian Maguire, Wolfgang Tillmans and Mary Swanzy
Looking forward to a year of monographic exhibitions, from Joan Jonas in London to Danh Vō in New York
Highlights of 2018 include Thomas Cole’s paintings at the Met and Njideka Akunyili Crosby's mural at MoCA
The Louvre Abu Dhabi is undeniably impressive, but can it succeed in becoming the universal museum it wants to be?
From post-war German art at Harvard to Leonardo at the Worcester Art Museum, here are some gems beyond the blockbuster exhibitions
Highlights of 2018 include Victorian photographers, Egyptian influences, and models from Kinshasa
European highlights for 2018 include three promising young artists and Palermo’s eco-focused edition of Manifesta
Prominent exhibitions in 2018 will explore how art challenges power and how far it can transform the world
Masterpieces by Titian, Dürer, and Van Dyck return to London from their far-flung homes, and pottery comes to Cambridge
Highlights of 2018 include violent visions in Dulwich, Bruegel in Vienna, and T.S. Eliot at Turner Contemporary
The Wallace Collection celebrates the 200th anniversary of its founder’s birth
The cherry has come a long way over the centuries – as medieval badges, Renaissance paintings, and a video by Beyoncé reveal
The dictator and his wife lived in luxury at their Spring Palace – with a golden bathroom and the only colour TV in Romania
A new digital resource holds a trove of information and will make furniture history more widely accessible
The Italian artist, minimalism's chosen forefather, was a key figure of the post-war avant-garde
The Wiener Werkstätte was a commercial flop, but its designs still embody the spirit of Viennese modernism
This month's acquisitions include a hoard of Soviet nonconformist art, a significant example of brutalist architecture, and a Danish masterpiece
Ottomanism is in and modernism is out – as the state of three mosques shows
