Mid-pandemic, the art critic Andrew Russeth moved from New York to Seoul. His first stop out of quarantine? A museum, of course
Federico Zuccari’s illustrations of the Divine Comedy have seldom been shown. But the Uffizi has put them online – and Dante’s poem has never looked better
The renowned art dealer has died at the age of 91. In March 2014, he opened up his extraordinary private art collection to Apollo, in an interview republished in full here
In her Tarot Garden in Tuscany, the French-American artist let her imagination run riot
Thomas Herbert’s collection of ancient sculpture at Wilton House was heralded during his lifetime – but it relied on somewhat fanciful premises
What do decades of neglect look like? For the Houses of Parliament, a repair bill upwards of £12 billion
Plus: Centre Pompidou to close for three years of renovations | TEFAF Maastricht postponed to September | City of Bruges to build major new exhibition space
The composer’s trilogy of one-act operas is available to stream courtesy of the Royal Opera House
The reopening of the MFA Boston brings another chance to discover how hip hop made its mark on the art world
The V&A presents state-of-the-art photographs that bring viewers closer to these famous designs than ever before
The Reina Sofía’s digital deep dive into Picasso’s anti-war masterpiece – now with dozens of extra documents
The crotchety cult legend is giving art lessons on TV – and it’s all surprisingly charming
With an eye for ritual, the photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews celebrates an unfamiliar vision of the river
Giovanni Morelli was a complex character, as attentive to the state of the Italian nation as he was to its art
Without Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion models, science-fiction films wouldn’t look like they do today
Kara Walker’s fountain at Tate Modern plays a starring role in FKA Twigs’ new video – and it’s not the first artwork to have a brush with the charts
The hit French series on Netflix sees the Paris museum’s security breached in spectacular fashion – but stealing the Mona Lisa in 1911 couldn’t have been easier
With lockdown boredom well and truly setting in, it’s time to stick the kids – with their crayons – in front of a museum website
The city’s most devoted citizen explains urban life to Martin Scorsese
This year’s event has come up with a hybrid model that puts the focus firmly on galleries
Childe Hassam’s rain-soaked flags have hung in the White House before, but next to Joe Biden’s desk they feel more fitting than ever
In his skewering of authority figures, Ralph Steadman bears comparison with some of the great artists of modern times
The new administration is better disposed to the arts, but that doesn’t mean there’ll be more federal funding
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