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
This spectacular French clock, designed by the best craftsman of the day, is the star of a show at the Wallace Collection
Wasn't this year's Venice Biennale exhibition supposed to do away with grand curatorial conceits?
MoMA's attempt to 'make space' for women artists has backfired, but does at least highlight some unexpected affinities between artists
Cedric Price believed that architecture should be mobile, lightweight, and temporary. Above all, he thought it should be fun
Despite Yale's new facsimile edition, this 15th-century manuscript happily remains as indecipherable as ever
The decision to stage part of the 14th Documenta in Athens has been widely debated. Now that it's open, what are the highlights of the programme?
His 'white writing' style helped shape the course of modern painting, so why isn't Mark Tobey better known?
She was well known in the surrealist circles of the 20th century, but Vézelay's work has been all but forgotten since
An exhibition of Les Nabis at the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum in Tokyo explores their interest in the art of the Far East
An ambitious exhibition at the National Gallery traces the productive overlaps between these two Renaissance masters
Paolozzi's 1950s work is astonishing, but a full retrospective draws too much attention to his duller later work
