New look, new director: what’s next for Lisbon’s best museum?
Xavier Salomon explains his vision for the renovated and rehung Gulbenkian Museum and its collection full of ‘absolute stars’
Xavier Salomon explains his vision for the renovated and rehung Gulbenkian Museum and its collection full of ‘absolute stars’
Artists from Pinturicchio to the Pre-Raphaelites found a rich subject in Penelope’s marital fidelity – but is she as two-dimensional as they would have her?
Designed by the architect shortly before his death 300 years ago, a ‘chamber pew’ in St George’s Church in Esher, Surrey, is a thoroughly charming anomaly
Whitechapel Gallery is marking its 125th anniversary with a biennial that is taking place across east London. Can it help the gallery find a new generation of art lovers?
The Spanish baroque master’s magnetic paintings get their moment in the London sun
A host of remarkable pre-modern works, sold last week at Christie’s and Sotheby’s, have broken several auction records
A show about Peggy Guggenheim’s time running a gallery in London could have a touch more fun with its subject
The C Comics drawn by the artist with words by New York School writers are a call to unconformity
To mark 72 years since rationing ended in the UK, we look at four works of art and design that capture our relationship with food
A biblical scene by Lavinia Fontana and a huge collection of Palestinian textiles are among the most exciting objects to enter public collections recently
The New York Historical has been charting America’s history for more than two centuries. What does a brand new wing dedicated to democracy add to the story?
From the World Cup to the semiquincentennial of the US Declaration of Independence, flag-waving is in the air this summer
A wine estate chapel redecorated by Sol LeWitt and David Tremlet is a unique blend of viticulture and art
A revelatory exhibition at the Prado explores a neglected period of cultural and artistic exchange during the 14th century
The Charles Ede director explains why the antiquities market is different from the rest of the art market, how she brings in young collectors and why broken fragments are the next big thing
NASA has published its latest plans for a moon base, but has it forgotten to make low-gravity life seem appealing?
The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been in limbo for 30 years. With no state support, it raises funds as it can, but is determined to bring people together
The New Museum has reopened with an extravaganza of a show that seems more excited than afraid about the blurring of lines between man and machine
‘Tablescaping’ is nothing new – just look at these dazzling centrepieces made by 18th- and 19th-century goldsmiths
Asta Nørregaard was part of a coterie of women artists at the forefront of progressive artistic and social movements in late 19th-century Norway but, above all, she was determined to paint as she pleased