The novelist may be little read today, but his fiction inspired an enduring, Romantic vision of the past
Walter Scott conjured up a playground for painters – and they fixed his fantasy of Scotland in place
The British artist rejected modernism, but in life as in art she was hardly conservative
An Enlightenment project to classify all the colours in the natural world is an extraordinary feat of ingenuity
The giant ferris wheel may now be part of the furniture – but the view from on high is still revolutionary
The director of the Kunstmuseum Basel picks out his cultural highlights from a city in which vibrant traditions meet cosmopolitan flair
Plus: Phillip King (1934–2021) and Xavier Rey appointed director of the Centre Pompidou in Paris
The dairy at Rambouillet was a masterpiece of neoclassical design
The former teen idol turned fashion icon is in full Renaissance prince mode in Balenciaga’s latest campaign
A museum in the Scottish explorer’s former home reopens after four years and a £9.1m revamp
This show at the Ashmolean explores how the Japanese capital has been depicted through time
Works from the 11th century to the present day go on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
From 20th-century painting surveys to brand-new commissions – a month of arts programming all around the city
With chaos in Lebanon and Beirut in crisis, the resilience of the city’s artists and heritage workers is something of a miracle
Museums should lead conversations about archives and artefacts gathered in former colonies – and not leave the objects gathering dust
Two documentaries on the ‘lost Leonardo’ have found the story’s sensationalism irresistible – but hard facts are as absent as the painting itself
For more than a century, the Bibiena family created spectacular sets that delighted and deceived audiences
Typewriters may be museum pieces now, but they created office jobs for women and by doing so changed the 20th century
Most Parisians treat the Arc de Triomphe as a glorified roundabout – but by climbing it they’d see the city in a new light
Peter Fischli has curated a show about the demise of painting – but his take is that it’s still very much alive
The London-based artist increasingly works with VR technology – but his studio still smells of textiles, which remind him of his childhood
The sculptor took Restoration England by storm with his virtuosic woodwork
Damien Hirst has joined the NFT funfair – and he’s even brought former Bank of England governor Mark Carney along for the ride
Plus: France requires vaccine passports for cultural venues and more than 1,000 Polish cultural figures criticise dismissal of museum director
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