The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip
The artistic tastes of Britain’s spies, Prince Harry’s museum dance, Damien Hirst’s shopping habits and the rest of last week’s art-world tittle-tattle
The artistic tastes of Britain’s spies, Prince Harry’s museum dance, Damien Hirst’s shopping habits and the rest of last week’s art-world tittle-tattle
Considering the artist’s writing gives us invaluable new ways in which to see his painting
Art news daily: 30 November
The artist continues to confound expectations in this display of wit at the Whitney
Why it’s time to wrap up warmly in the capital and get gallery hopping
Extensive refurbishment has allowed the museum to rethink how its historic building and collection are presented
R.H. Quaytman talks to Apollo about the problems and possibilities of painting
In Illinois, a nugget of fast-food heritage is set to be demolished
Lubaina Himid
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
The Polish artist's powerful work is finally being accorded the attention it deserves. Don't miss the chance to see it in the UK
Gabriel and Ann Barbier-Mueller have amassed one of the most important collections of its kind in the world
The redisplay of Chinese art at the British Museum demands that we look back at a rich collecting tradition
How could such a gifted architect also be responsible for such appalling ‘restoration’ jobs?
Big bucks for a Britney Spears painting, Van Gogh's grasshopper, and absinthe at the National Gallery
Until recently, experts were unsure where this extraordinary portrait bust of Napoleon's brother-in-law had ended up, or whether it had survived at all
Julian Rosefeldt’s new film looks again at the emotionally charged, political, performative texts that have shaped the course of culture
Among the treasures of St Cuthbert in Durham are several of the most remarkable medieval objects to be seen anywhere
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo's rare and inventive portraits are on display in New York after a major research and conservation project
Artists throughout the ages have painted in black and white or monochrome. What is the appeal of art without colour?