A new study of framing devices is illuminating, but devotes surprisingly little space to actual picture frames
The painter’s portraits may not be as ambiguous as this show in Berlin seems to suggest
Anti-tsarist postcards were an important, and often beautiful, form of radical propaganda in Imperial Russia
Diplomat, entrepreneur, painter – from an early age Rubens knew what it took to achieve success
The Danish painter scorned the fussy fashions of the bourgeoisie, taking a more spartan approach – at home and in his art
The Met shows how much cities between Rome and Parthia had in common – and how devastating recent archaeological losses are
The 98-year-old artist makes her debut in the UK with a thrilling exhibition of work from throughout her career
Despite its international popularity, the Japanese art form cannot be understood through images alone
The illustrator and designer of stained glass fused Irish and European traditions to create an intriguing new idiom
The Tate explores how the painter’s eyes were opened to new influences during his time in the city
The now-octogenarian artist has revisited her most famous work – and it only gets better with age
He took to the medium with great speed, producing works that display a rich debt to the Old Masters
The Ferrarese painter spent his career capturing the whims of fashion – but the results are far from superficial
Fiona MacCarthy’s biography suggests that the architect’s greatest achievement may have been to assemble so much talent in one place
Alfred Munnings was an official war artist who took a curiously pastoral approach to the conflict
Philip Johnson was not the most talented modern American architect, but he was certainly the most important
The Flemish master, whose workshop was one of the busiest in 16th-century Brussels, gets his first major survey in the city of his birth
The Tate’s survey of Tanning’s long career testifies to her lifelong commitment to Surrealism
The painter’s witty and deceptively effortless works combine high and low culture to enjoyable effect
The Florentine master, who took Leonardo as an apprentice, was perhaps the most influential artist of his day
Where both petroleum and art were concerned, the 20th-century tycoon positioned himself for rich pickings
In the 1960s and ’70s Chicago was the home of a movement that gleefully broke all the rules of good taste
Their joint commission for the Shed includes choirs, orchestras and lots of colour – but is it smaller than the sum of its parts?
His experiences as a marine gunner in the Second World War and Korea made a lasting impact on Westermann’s art
