The history of art, according to Hollywood
From Charlton Heston writhing on a scaffold in the Sistine Chapel to Kirk Douglas’s dead ringer for Van Gogh, films about painters were prestige studio fare
From Charlton Heston writhing on a scaffold in the Sistine Chapel to Kirk Douglas’s dead ringer for Van Gogh, films about painters were prestige studio fare
The historian of 18th- and early 19th-century art combined a deep love of objects with an equally deep love of ideas
Château Smith Haut Lafitte is a vineyard sprinkled with the sensibility of an English country garden
Hettie Judah considers how artists such as Tracey Emin and Kiki Smith have represented the sacred bond between women and their cats
When viewed in the right environment, the artist’s sculptures in light and experimental films illuminate new ways to think about objects in space
The Hepworth Wakefield celebrates the Singapore-born sculptor who developed a distinctive form of minimalism in post-war Britain
At the Henry Moore Institute, artists and poets are hanging on to language for all they’ve got, finding meaning in the spaces between writing and objects
In 2018, the British artist looked back with Martin Gayford on Pop art, politics and leaving London for a life in the country
A rare 17th-century portrait of a Black woman and a white woman and an illustrated Armenian manuscript are among this month’s highlights
The growing tendency to fold 20th-century makers into the history of modern art often ignores what was truly innovative about their work
Long undervalued in comparison to his peers, the Renaissance painter now has the critical esteem he deserves in the form of a fine catalogue
The late performance artist celebrated the messiness of bodies in her work – so it's a shame her survey at the Barbican all feels a bit clean
Combining subtlety with swagger, Van Dyck’s portraits of courtiers offer a mischievous rival to the official written histories of his day
The sculptor may work with many different materials but the main ingredient in his art, he says, is time
‘The Blue Boy’ is heavily influenced by Van Dyck’s grand manner. But what did the artist mean by dressing up his young subject in this way?
Plus: Phillip King (1934–2021) and Xavier Rey appointed director of the Centre Pompidou in Paris
Museums might be better at bringing the contents of grand historic piles to life than the houses themselves
The architect wreathed his buildings in mystical language – but his modern citadels are clearly among the great achievements of 20th-century architecture
Norman Rosenthal celebrates a great champion of contemporary art in Britain, who as director of the Tate founded the Turner Prize
For his chapel commission in Houston, the painter engaged with religion on his own terms – and forged a new, modern relevance for sacred art