The resurgence of interest in female Renaissance painters has reached the neglected Florentine nun and her workshop
Glenn Adamson’s new book shows that predictions about the future have always spoken volumes about the present
A string of exhibitions marks 250 years since Turner’s birth and a hundred years of art deco, while Amsterdam turns 750 – and Apollo is celebrating its centenary (watch this space)
From Adrien Brody’s architect in ‘The Brutalist’ to Tilda Swinton curating a post-apocalyptic gallery, art lovers have plenty to look forward to on screen
The United States will be the centre of attention, but from London to Warsaw to Abu Dhabi, it’s a bumper year for museum-goers all over the world
The painter’s vibrant domestic scenes are full of revealing details – and so is Isabelle Cahn’s weighty new biography of the painter
The photojournalist endured death threats to capture the turmoil of the Sicilian capital during the 1970s and ’80s
An exhibition about the civilisations that could be found along the trade route connects cultures at every turn, writes Sameer Rahim
A panel by Fra Angelico and a video work acquired using cryptocurrency are among the most significant artworks to enter public collections recently
A 17th-century fort is now full of 21st-century art, and although the project has been a troubled one, the results are worth the wait
The jeweller generally reveals precious little about its process, but Apollo gains access to the site in Paris where the magic happens
What can a bronze Han dynasty horse tell us about status anxiety and the afterlife? Ching-Ling Wang of the Rijksmuseum talks of grave matters
In his paintings of landscapes and townscapes, the artist created scenes that are as psychologically complex as his portraits
The photographer’s first and most famous book quickly became a classic, but he would become sceptical about the power of still images
Plus: France signs lucrative culture deals with Saudi Arabia and Sotheby’s cuts more than 100 staff around the world
The Dutch artist’s floral paintings might look merely decorative but, as curator Bernd Ebert explains, they encapsulate a world of economic and scientific change in the early modern Netherlands
As a giant green apple reappears atop the Magritte Museum in Brussels, Rakewell wonders which other artists might benefit from the super-size treatment
The recent decision to close the meat market for good marks the end of a certain idea of the City of London and perhaps even Britain’s sense of itself
The French painter was unusual among his Impressionist peers for preferring to depict men at work and at play
A chance to see how artists from Southern California and elsewhere are engaging with the climate emergency and ecological imbalance
Knowledge can be toxic, as this selection of killer manuscripts from the collection of the Walters Art Museum demonstrates
James Tissot’s gimlet-eyed depictions of women’s lives and fashions in 19th-century Paris and London are celebrated in Toronto
The Hammer Museum honours the artists who have poured blood, sweat, tears or other unusual substances into their work
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What happens when an artist wants to be anonymous?
An Austrian museum is hosting a show by an unnamed artist – but perhaps this act of secrecy will help us see the work more clearly