First Look: ‘The Art and Craft of Elena Polenova’ at Watts Gallery
Polenova was leading figure from the Russian Arts and Crafts movement
Polenova was leading figure from the Russian Arts and Crafts movement
Elena Polenova's paintings, illustrations and furniture designs are on display in the UK
The Crypt Gallery in St Pancras Church is overrun with cosmopolitan chickens. Is it art?
Major gifts, controversial sales and record-breaking auctions
In 1959 a flash of activity illuminated Milan’s already vibrant artistic scene
Was the Musée Picasso worth the wait? Is the Turner Prize showing its age? News and comment from the Muse Room
The J. Paul Getty Museum's major Manet acquisition; Ronald Lauder's warning to the Kunstmuseum Bern; and North Korea's first UK art show
The new wing of the new Rijksmuseum is playing host to a display of new photography
The Turner Prize turns 30 this year – but does it continue to represent the best of contemporary British art?
It's been a long and controversial refurbishment. Has it all been worth it?
The art of the book...
An insight into the world of book art
New York's masterpieces are reunited to mark the 400th anniversary of the artist's death
The display of art in Asia; photojournalism from Chechnya; and historic rings in New York
Nothing stirs the anxieties of Western civilisation like the unnaturally powerful female...
It's easy to be sceptical about the art biennial boom in Asia. But how have the unconventional spaces of such events shaped artists' practices in the region?
Some of the stories and discussions we’ve spotted online this week: Could ‘orphan’ artworks be brought in from the cold? A new licensing scheme in the UK could give people the right to reproduce photos, diaries, letters and recordings when the copyright owner is unknown. The estimated 91 million ‘orphan works’ include Alfred Wallis’s written works in […]
Huyghe's notoriously uncategorisable works are both strange and beautiful
Highlights from the Rijksmuseum's first major photography show
In a region that lacks a strong museum culture, Asia has looked towards alternative ways of displaying contemporary art