Many artists have experimented with smell. Now, Somerset House is putting scent at the centre of an exhibition
Hokusai never retired. In fact, he made his finest work in his old age, as this exhibition at the British Museum reminds us
Examples of Dutch micro-carving on show at the Rijksmuseum are full of astounding detail
An exhibition of the artist's works at Victoria Miro – the first in London in over a decade – is a lesson in painterly deftness
Pagan and Christian art have more in common than you think – or so a polemical new book argues
As part of a former monastic complex, the Charterhouse is a living reminder of London’s medieval past
A thrilling opportunity to see Bill Viola's work alongside the Renaissance art that inspired it
This revelatory show matches Frank Lloyd Wright’s work to his personality and his designs to his ambitions
The Kassel leg of Documenta 14 has just opened, but will it fare batter than its much-criticised Athens counterpart?
Religious art didn’t die out in the 18th century – Parisian churches are full of large-scale baroque paintings
Art must be accessible, says Perry, but it must also make people feel included
With its abstract qualities and unsettling symbolic significance, dust emerged as a key theme in 20th-century photography
The current exhibition at the Cini Foundation in Venice has a conceptual clarity that is entirely in keeping with the Italian artist’s philosophy
A new biography reveals an artist who, falling out of step with contemporary life, created an imaginative world of his own through art
The portraits she created in and around Spanish Harlem are vivid snapshots of New York life and community
The artist would move churches around, erase rooftops, and even bend the Grand Canal straight if it allowed for a more harmonious scene
The scientific teaching models in George Loudon's collection are as beautiful as they are fascinating
Visitors can finally enjoy the exceptional drawing collection, and explore previously-unseen rooms, in the elegant new Cabinet d’Arts Graphiques
The remarkable Barberini tapestries at the Cathedral of St John the Divine are packed with surprising and beautiful details
Armitage's paintings combine African politics and western art history – and will make you see both in a different light
Domestic architecture in Japan is reinvented for every generation – as this fascinating exhibition shows
Calendars have often conveyed political messages, particularly in the reign of Louis XIV and during the French Revolution
One of the most important collections of 18th-century silver in Europe gets the attention it deserves in a new book
The artist's haunting sound sculptures and paintings address the absent figures who inspired them
