Seeing the National Portrait Gallery’s treasures in a new setting allows us to appreciate the larger-life-than personalities behind the paintings in new ways
The painter employed trompe l'oeil like no artist before or since – and his box of tricks makes for a real treat at Ikon in Birmingham
The prehistoric monument may seem timeless, but enthusiasts have constantly reimagined the site to suit their own preoccupations
Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines’s art school in Suffolk was an unusual meeting of rural idyll and bohemian vice
By homing in on Holbein’s miniatures, this survey of the Renaissance master gives us a broad picture of the world he lived in
The movement begun by André Breton in Paris found followers all over the world, but displaying their efforts all together makes for a muddled show
The story of the scammer who passed herself off as an heiress should make for must-see television, but reality far outstrips Shonda Rhimes’s overly safe retelling
Andew James Hamilton follows the efforts to find a Maya carving that was first uncovered in 1950, but has since seemingly disappeared from view
In this hugely ambitious survey, David Ekserdjian encourages us to see some of the most remarkable artworks of their time with fresh eyes
In this Netflix series a film conservator is tasked with rescuing a set of videotapes from the 1990s. What could possibly go wrong?
To trail the artist through Europe, as this lively exhibition does, is to realise that his art relied on movement
Roger Michell’s last film tells the unlikely story of how the Duke of Wellington’s portrait was stolen from the National Gallery – and found in a train station four years later
The artist’s independence of mind and spectacular skill led to her becoming the first female sculptor to the Spanish king
Salomé Jashi’s film ‘Taming the Garden’ documents how a tree-hogging former prime minister is pillaging the landscape to create a private paradise
The familiarity of the designer’s most famous products has long obscured his more utopian side
In the six years before his tragically early death, the Italian artist zoomed in on the details of the everyday – to supremely unsettling effect
Christianity, Judaism and Islam shared a visual language on the Iberian peninsula – but it was a fragile balance at the best of times
When it came to painting the industrial north-west, Stockport-born Alan Lowndes could hold his own
The designer’s favourite museum is the Wallace Collection, so it’s no wonder her clothes are full of flourishes from Watteau, Boucher and Fragonard
In the course of her adventures in abstraction, the artist seemed determined to test herself in every available medium
The museum devoted to the history of the Paris is itself an important part of that history – so it’s a relief that so many of its quirks remain
Adrian Tinniswood’s new book focuses on the aristocrats and rock stars who secured the futures of the houses they owned – or moved into
The British Museum presents the mysteries and marvels of the Andean civilisations predating modern Peru
In what now seems like a warning from history, the artist’s only feature film is about a magazine editor who is forced to work at home
