The National Gallery’s first artist in residence presents works responding to the museum’s Spanish Golden Age paintings
Themes of loss and longing unite the Norwegian painter and the erstwhile YBA in this show at the Royal Academy
Tate Britain hosts the first UK museum survey of the London-born artist’s jewel-hued paintings
This exhibition at Pallant House considers the influence of international modernism upon the British Pop artist
A new study examines the 18th-century artist’s pioneering use of pastel and her capacity for self-promotion
Jacques Le Moyne’s intricate depictions of flowers and herbs were a pioneering contribution to the field of botanical illustration
Two welcome volumes survey how the movement made its mark on religious buildings across the UK
Only one of the artist’s celebrated night scenes remains in private hands – and it comes to auction at Lempertz in Cologne next month
Kettle’s Yard shows off its unrivalled collection of work by the mariner-turned-painter, for whom every boat had ‘a beautiful soul shaped like a fish’
The globe-trotting Dutch photographer was always on the lookout for a good picture – and took some 100,000 of them
A new cookbook may inspire you to make Cullen skink with Douglas Gordon or Ming Wong’s congee with canned fish
A new international agreement raises questions about what counts as cultural property in space, how it should be protected and who should do the protecting
The invention of the modern bicycle in 1885 led to a whirl of enthusiasm for racing these new machines – and artists were swept up in the craze
A 9,000-piece Lego model of the Colosseum has Rakewell pondering other models of the great amphitheatre – made out of cork, clay and cheese
A surge in Covid-19 cases has led to the closure of museums in multiple states across the US. The Smithsonian…
Ekow Eshun shows us around the late French-Moroccan photographer’s shuttered exhibition at Somerset House
The Cape Town-born painter’s electric portraits of women get their first museum outing in the Netherlands at GEM
Leaf through these exquisite 16th-century watercolours online, courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum
Two new galleries at the Peabody Essex Museum survey the history of art on the subcontinent
The writer and curator discusses his latest project at Art Abu Dhabi and how the contemporary art scene in Africa has changed in recent years
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