The first show devoted to Raphael’s pupil, held in the castle he decorated in his home city
Works on paper at the Art Institute of Chicago by the retired veteran and circus worker, who began to draw in the final decade of his life
From wild beasts to pedigree dogs – the Kunstmuseum Bern explores how animals were depicted in Gaul’s time
A retrospective at the Pera Museum in Istanbul demonstrates the vast geographic sweep of the Lebanese-American artist’s work and biography – including her Ottoman roots
The TV competition series is billed as a ‘masterclass’ – and none of the contestants will be booted off until the finale. Where’s the fun in that?
The much-loved author cut his teeth on illustrations for medical ad campaigns – which proved ideal training for the world of children’s books
In ‘What Artists Wear’, Charlie Porter casts an eye over the wardrobe choices of everyone from Barbara Hepworth to Jean-Michel Basquiat
Modern masters from Joseph Cornell to Paul Klee have produced works expressly for children, writes Ben Street – but perhaps all great art is a type of child’s play?
When the weather permits, the artist builds her textile sculptures in the cobblestone courtyard of her studio in the heart of Paris
A new biography of the British painter has a fine sense of his precocious talent – and real feeling for his rakish charm
The contents of the late scientist’s office are heading to the Science Museum in London – and it’s not the first workspace to be preserved in this way
An exceptional group of diplomatic gifts from the 14th Shogun to Napoleon III goes in display in Fontainebleau
The provocative American artist offers a glimpse of her extensive archive of drawings at the Kunstmuseum Basel
A pair of late masterpieces by the Flemish painter are displayed together at the Wallace Collection for the first time in 200 years
The Palazzo Vendramin Grimani has opened with a display that reunites some of the paintings it was once home to – plus a helping of contemporary art
An early commission by the painter for a public theatre in Rijeka is the subject of a major display in the city this summer
With the government waging its ‘culture war’, the independence of national museums is at stake, write Chris Smith and Margot Finn
Can Italy solve its tourist troubles?
With mass tourism poised to return, have local politicians and cultural leaders finally worked out how to manage the crowds?