The complicated splendour of Spanish colonial art
The elaborately decorated art that emerged from Central and South America during the Spanish colonial period is gaining traction in the market
The elaborately decorated art that emerged from Central and South America during the Spanish colonial period is gaining traction in the market
The Irish castle owned by the Dukes of Devonshire has had its fair share of vicissitudes, from sieges to extensive redecorations
The vast Cinecittà film studio complex had such an influence on cinema it came to be known as ‘Hollywood on the Tiber’
The Old Master drawings collector has described herself as ‘an undisciplined cockapoo’ when it comes to buying – but each piece must be of the highest calibre
Though museums use them to provide more information, QR codes can conceal as much as they reveal
Plus: Manhattan DA returns 31 antiquities to Spain, Italy and Hungary, and Kasmin Gallery announces its closure
The broadcaster and new president of the Twentieth Century Society talks about conserving the built environment and making people feel it matters
If you’ve ever wanted to curate your own museum, pretend to be a Medici patron or infiltrate the Louvre, these are the games for you
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After an avant-garde start, the Australian painter upped sticks to rural New South Wales and began painting life on the farm
Wasps have a terrible image problem but a new exhibition highlighting their design abilities should help us get over our horror
Many of the 81-year-old photographer’s images were made when even taking a camera to the streets was an act of resistance in Chile
The Colorado art fair continues to expand, with local art taking centre stage in its largest edition yet
Depictions of Christ’s ascent to heaven often manage to be both deadly serious and upliftingly silly
The Courtauld presents a tantalising show of work by Louise Bourgeois, Alice Adams and Eva Hesse
It was the painter’s misfortune to be surrounded by Bloomsbury Group writers whose accounts of her have been too dominant for too long
The Guennol Grasshopper is coming to auction after spending years in notable private collections, but are its origins even more illustrious?
The French painter was unusual among his Impressionist peers for preferring to depict men at work and at play
One of history’s most mysterious political paintings might hold lessons for our own time – if we could make out the meaning
A retrospective of the artist’s distinctive portraits of Black Americans has taken on a new urgency