Reviews

An ambitious new book scrutinises the production of ‘white gold’ in Europe – from its early alchemical mysteries to your everyday crockery

Warburg brought together Greek gods and golfers, antiquities and airships – and in reconstruction, his puzzling arrangements of images are as suggestive as ever

A new biography of Goya puts paid to the romantic fiction that the Spanish master ended his days isolated and insane

The Torlonia marbles make for the greatest private collection of Roman antiquities in existence – and they’re finally on view to the public

Federico Zuccari’s illustrations of the Divine Comedy have seldom been shown. But the Uffizi has put them online – and Dante’s poem has never looked better

Giovanni Morelli was a complex character, as attentive to the state of the Italian nation as he was to its art

Without Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion models, science-fiction films wouldn’t look like they do today

In his skewering of authority figures, Ralph Steadman bears comparison with some of the great artists of modern times

The photographer’s images of the struggle for civil rights are as relevant as when they were first made

The muddy foreshore of the Thames has been an unlikely treasure trove for amateur archaeologists

From commemorative wares to ordinary utensils, inscribing dates on household objects was once common practice

The artist’s complex depictions of Kenya present scenes of violence alongside moments of beauty

For the artists in this exhibition at the Pera Museum, a traditional form turns out to be ripe for reinvention

During a residency at the gallery, the artist has made works inspired by the drama of Spanish Golden Age painting

A personal guide to the playful structures has much in common with its whimsical subject

When it came to cataloguing the Royal Collection’s holdings of the Old Master, only the latest technology would do for the Prince Consort