The discovery of remains of victims of the Terror in a chapel dedicated to Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette complicates our understanding of the monument
Before ‘Big Brother’, there was Biosphere 2 – an experiment in utopian living that left its participants low on food and short of breath
Struck by both Covid-19 and a fierce earthquake, Croatia’s capital city and its cultural heritage need urgent help
A century after the founding of the Leach Pottery in St Ives, the ‘father of British studio pottery’ remains an influential, if contested, figure
The National Gallery of Canada shows off its collection of fantastic beasts by the likes of Dürer and Mantegna
How Swinging London became the centre of a revolution in style – an exhibition at Dovecot Studios
A video tour of Princeton University Art Museum’s shuttered exhibition with curator John Elderfield
The Ghanaian artist and coffin-maker’s memorials to slavery on the Gold Coast are on view at the High Museum in Atlanta
Film fans can only hope that the director will turn his interest in these mysterious patterns to practical effect
Taken on his road trips across America, the photographer’s images from the 1970s are in a class of their own
What is it like to look at paintings in the flesh after four months of not seeing any art – and hardly any people – at all?
Lockdown may have allowed the museum to fast-forward renovations, but it has also confirmed that the galleries are nothing without the public
This August marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in America
Built to give thanks for Venice’s deliverance from the plague, the church of Il Redentore remains the centre of an annual festival marking the event
Plus: James Murdoch’s firm to invest in MCH Group, Frieze fairs in London cancelled, and more art news
What does it mean to make cinema – and film directors in particular – the subject of museum exhibitions?
Rakewell celebrates the return of roller coasters – with no screaming allowed – by looking back at some of the earliest white knuckle rides
Some 40 performances from the annual festival of opera and classical music are freely available to stream online
An immersive display at the Grand Palais shines a light on recent excavations of the ancient city
A display of prints at the Musée Guimet reveals how Japanese artists have depicted the great mountain across time
The Garden Museum is a fitting setting for this exhibition exploring the role of nature in the artist and film-maker’s work
The activist, educator and artist discusses a lifetime spent fighting for racial justice – and the role that images can play in this struggle
Photographs by Gordon Parks and a panoramic painting by Dale Lewis feature amid an unusually plentiful offering in London this summer
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