Raising a glass to Campari’s photographic archive
Scenes of rowdy bars and tipsy revellers in the 20th century show a world that is both alien and comfortingly familiar
Scenes of rowdy bars and tipsy revellers in the 20th century show a world that is both alien and comfortingly familiar
Plus: Unesco describes 'unprecedented’ threat to Sudan’s cultural heritage, and Volodymyr Zelensky calls for ‘the decolonisation of Ukrainian art’
What was on the mind of Indian artists between the Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi in 1975 and the secret nuclear tests of 1998? The Barbican presents some clues
MoMA’s retrospective of the German artist best known for his grotesque sculptures takes us into more unfamiliar territory
Born 100 years ago this month, the critic exerted an outsize influence on artists and tastemakers alike – and he still has much to teach us
Despite what is widely regarded as a lucky escape in July’s elections, further challenges may well lie on the horizon
When Jonathan Lethem picked up an innocuous old painting of a cormorant for $50, he didn’t know it would become a companion for life
Kevin Dumouchelle of the National Museum of African Art explains what a fearsome 19th-century ceremonial mask meant to its makers in Côte d’Ivoire
Plus: open letter criticises Chinese interference in French museums, and Las Vegas is to get an art museum
A Madonna of the Cherries by Quentin Metsys and a very rare sketchbook by Caspar David Friedrich are among the most important works to have entered public collections in the last month
When it comes to conjuring the uncanny atmosphere and impossible logic of dreams, the Czech film-maker has few equals
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A new report by Historic England claims that investing in heritage will boost the economies of struggling English towns – but how reliable are the means of measurement?
Plus: British museum shortlists five architects for major refurbishment, and the art historian David Anfam has died at the age of 69
From pastime to political posturing, ice hockey has always brought out the risk-taking spirit of the Czechs
The Hungarian architect with a penchant for the fantastical left behind a series of highly provocative buildings
The renovated Fondation Bemberg in Toulouse is a fitting home for its founder’s eclectic art collection
George Hoyningen-Huene took cues from classical statuary to make his subjects into untouchable ice queens