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The meteor that fired up Dürer’s imagination
The meteor that fired up Dürer’s imaginationHelen Gordon charts the fall and cultural rise of the Ensisheim meteorite of 1492
Can American art escape the culture wars?
Recent rehangs at the Met and the Brooklyn Museum suggest that the answer lies in respecting the viewer’s own capacity for interpretation
The palace of Caserta has lost nothing of its power to astonish
Designed in the 18th century by Luigi Vanvitelli for Charles VII of Naples, Italy’s answer to Versailles is as dizzying today as it was 250 years ago
The real saints and scribes of medieval Europe, celebrity edition
The British Library’s exhibition of women in the Middle Ages who were creative and intellectual pioneers is a really red-carpet affair
The painter who poked fun at 18th-century Paris
Working in the then-new medium of pastels, Maurice-Quentin de La Tour portrayed the cultural and political elite of his day in a style that matched the hedonism of the age,
The Louvre restores Cimabue to his rightful place
Two restored masterpieces – one vast in scale, the other intimate – are being shown together for the first time to give us fresh insights into ‘the first light of Renaissance painting’
Asia Week New York is more of a cultural hub than ever
While other events are contracting, this New York mainstay remains a force to be reckoned with
Chinese bronzes show their metal on the market
Ancient vessels are still highly prized around the world, but Chinese buyers are the most committed collectors today
Wining and dining in the prints of Pablo Picasso
Picasso was the possessor of a hearty appetite and depictions of alcohol and excess are also central to his work
The avant-garde painters who went round in circles
Whether Orphism can be called a coherent movement is one thing, but its practitioners produced some excellent art
When Rubens was king of the castle
The Flemish castle bought by Rubens in 1635 was intended as a country retreat, and it inspired the artist’s greatest landscapes
What will US tariffs mean for the art market?
As Trump 2.0 makes its presence felt, the art market is feeling nervous about new trade barriers – and reluctant to talk about the subject in public
The Chinese artist who brought ink painting to a new audience
A meditative painting by Qi Baishi demonstrates his modern approach to an ancient art form, explains Jeremy Zhang of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco
Pompeii’s extraordinary recent discoveries lay a firm foundation for the future
The spectacular finds made during the Great Pompeii project have more than lived up to the name, but it’s now time for a period of conservation and consolidation
The uneasy business of being an American artist: an interview with Rachel Cohen
The author of ‘A Chance Meeting’ talks to Apollo about the reissue of her dazzlingly original account of more than a century of artistic endeavour in the United States
The repeat performances of William Morris
The designer’s wallpaper patterns are so familiar that they’re in danger of being taken for granted – but there’s still plenty to discover if we look more closely
Sheila Hicks and the art of infinite possibility
A retrospective by the textile artist is wonderfully open to interpretation, with works so inviting you might want to throw yourself at them
The gardens that had to make way for London’s growth
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan’s exhibition about the capital’s lost green spaces yields a rich crop of curiosities
At BRAFA, surprise encounters are the key to success
Works from diverse periods, schools and places rub shoulders at the long-running Brussels event and help keep things fresh
The memory palace of Mario Praz
The scholar’s meticulously preserved apartment in Rome testifies to his passion for all things 19th century, and to how he treated collecting as a form of memoir
The woman who brought shop-window mannequins to life
London’s Fashion and Textile Museum celebrates the era when Adel Rootstein’s factory produced innovative, glamorous models – and laments the blandness of the industry today
Romare Bearden and all that jazz
The artist’s collages inspired by his time in Paris reflect his love of the city’s music scene and reverence for the likes of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
London has its own Dracula’s castle – and a stake is about to be driven through its heart
The planned renovation of Minster Court in the City says much about the attitude of developers to our postmodern buildings
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‘He wasn’t edgy. He was honest’ – on the genius of David Lynch
The film-maker was always an original but what makes his work unforgettable – and inspiring to other artists – is its radical sincerity