The millionaire chemist was determined to bring modern European art to the United States – and bought the best in bulk
An exhibition in Vienna confirms the baroque artist’s status as a great painter
The Rijksmuseum lifts the curtain on the real lives behind the serene interiors of De Hooch and Vermeer
The artist’s retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts in London confirms the place of this strangest of contemporary painters in the canon
Manuel Mujica Lainez's riddling novel is haunted by more than the stony monsters of its narrator's beloved sculpture park
In ‘Black Atlas’, the artist gives the Aby Warburg’s innovative approach to art history a powerful new purpose
An experimental play about the Knoedler forgery scandal is a brilliant technical feat, but does it illuminate anything about the art world?
A new biography sheds light on the formidable Josefa de Óbidos, who won fame and fortune for her meticulous still lifes and religious scenes
James Delbourgo’s new book explores the obsessions of fanatical collectors, both real and fictional
The Belgian painter was a notable figure in avant-garde circles, but stopped making art for two decades. An exhibition in Antwerp puts her back in the picture
A survey of the Canadian artist’s work shows how the moving image can bridge the gap between the past and the present
The Bard Graduate Center’s exhibition proves that there is a piece of French porcelain for every occasion, be it formal, witty, serious or slight
The greatest Flemish sculptor of the baroque is finally receiving his dues, and in the perfect setting
In his virtuosic variations on the colour black, the French artist achieved an astonishing degree of variety
An inventive show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art is a thrilling introduction to a modern master of American art
There’s much to enjoy at this year’s exhibition in Bradford, but radical ambition seems to be in short supply
The artist’s early paintings were a necessary preparation for his pioneering less-is-more installations
Call them Neo-Impressionists, pointillists or divisionists, the artists who followed in the wake of their older French contemporaries had a distinctive way of seeing the world
The painter’s hugely restrained works are usually described as figurative, but perhaps they mark the precise point where abstraction and figuration meet
A new book by Leslie Primo argues that cultural cross-pollination is at the heart of Britain’s national story
The Très Riches Heures, a rarely seen 15th-century book of hours begun by the three Limbourg brothers, was ever a star among manuscripts
A biography of the Purist artist Amédée Ozenfant brings welcome attention to an esoteric period of modernism
Paul Poiret over-extended himself in every way and died a commercial failure but a century later, his designs still have the power to startle
The Californian artist made a splash in the 1960s, but withdrew from the commercial art world to devote himself to Zen Buddhism
