The museum’s fifth director presided over a difficult period of its history, but left it in a better state than he found it
Portraits of men have been replaced with those of the women who first petitioned George II to set up the Foundling Hospital
The artists flags the unforeseen environmental effects of wind turbines in this award-winning film project
The displays curated by artists at this year’s event are a welcome change from the traditional biennial format
André Breton once described the pair as the ‘best and most truly Surrealist’ of British artists
Communities past and present are explored in Rossella Biscotti’s film of the excavations at Çatalhöyük
The kaleidoscopic effects in the designer’s ceramics are largely down to his love of geometry
The artist saw himself as an exotic outsider, and his voyage to the Caribbean in 1887 as a transformative experience
An inventive installation fills the Barbican’s Curve with a parade of handmade pots and hippyish characters
Boston’s Emerald Necklace is an ideal setting for the Japanese artist’s enchanting fog sculptures
The theme of humour in contemporary art yields as many unnerving moments as laughs in a show across the gallery’s two sites
The great cartoonist is publishing 40-years’ worth of dreams and nightmares – and they’re every bit as crude as you’d image
The artist brings the contradictions and absurdities of global capitalism out into the open
The museum is showing off its collection of jewels and metalwork, from neo-gothic to art nouveau
High fashion turns out to be no match for some lavish loans from the Vatican
An exhibition of the artist’s new large-scale textiles in Manchester bears witness to the migrant crisis
The playful, elegaic and militant qualities of the artist’s work make a powerful impression at the Whitney
Projects from over 40 countries and cities examine the links between design and emotion
John Nankivell has specialised in recording decaying historic buildings, but his work also provides some reasons for hope
More than a century’s worth of Liberty fabrics and designs make for an enjoyable survey of the brand’s history
A facsimile edition of the Gutenberg Bible represents a huge scholarly achievement
How artists such as Ana Mendieta and Ulay have used drag to explore ideas about identity
The diamond magnate and collector Julius Wernher was drawn to what he described as the ‘splendidly ugly’
There’s nothing insipid about the museum’s outstanding holdings in the medium
