The Pasadena museum marks its 50th birthday by showing off its most important acquisitions
The neoclassicist architect’s interest in light, space and abstraction endeared him to the modern movement, which regarded him as a forerunner
The artist who imbued geometry with spiritual meaning inspired scores of other painters, on both sides of the Atlantic
In his final works, some of which have never been shown before, the endlessly restless artist adopted an abstract style that challenges us to look for hidden meanings
Highlights include a trove of photographs by Robert Frank and the first Bernini statue in a Dutch public collection
The Aga Khan IV, who has died at the age of 88, formed an important collection of Islamic art and dedicated some of his fabulous wealth to cultural heritage projects around the world
To mark 85 years since the premiere of Walt Disney’s Pinocchio, here are four artworks that speak to our enduring fascination with puppetry
Brady Corbet’s epically long film starring Adrien Brody as a Bauhaus-trained architect in America conveniently pretends that all the real Bauhaus-trained architects who made it to America never existed
The Disney star was a marvel of 20th-century industrial production and the Second World War was his finest hour, writes Todd McEwen
Helen Gordon charts the fall and cultural rise of the Ensisheim meteorite of 1492
A textural triumph and a sensual delight, this distinctly ’80s ice cream is as pleasing to look at as it is to consume
Two restored masterpieces – one vast in scale, the other intimate – are being shown together for the first time to give us fresh insights into ‘the first light of Renaissance painting’
Ancient vessels are still highly prized around the world, but Chinese buyers are the most committed collectors today
Choudhary’s array of Mughal-era jewellery and artefacts is intertwined with the history of Jaipur – and helps inspire his own contemporary designs
As Trump 2.0 makes its presence felt, the art market is feeling nervous about new trade barriers – and reluctant to talk about the subject in public
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This major survey at the Rijksmuseum includes early daguerreotypes, post-war photography, adverts, postcards and more
Monet was a keen collector of Japanese woodblock prints and held Hokusai in high esteem, as this show in Minneapolis attests
This exhibition at the Barbican shows that, before his untimely death in 2015, the painter captured a remarkable range of Black lives in America
To mark the 200th anniversary of the artist’s birth, a suite of his landscape studies is paired with selected watercolours at the Whitworth
The late, great singer had noble origins – and the way she negotiated the machinations of Warhol’s Factory would put most courtiers to shame
The Great Pompeii project has more than lived up to the name, but it’s now time for a period of conservation and consolidation
Though clearly influenced by Caravaggio, the Spanish painter rendered saints and sinners in a ferocious style all of his own
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