The Prado, the Getty and the Metropolitan Museum celebrate the art of tapestry
Now is the time to see some of the most spectacular tapestries around
Now is the time to see some of the most spectacular tapestries around
Last week brought two shows to London that claim to present the scope of new contemporary art being made in two overlapping locations: the UK and its capital. The first – ‘Bloomberg New Contemporaries’ at the ICA (until 25 January 2015) – is a large, rambling exhibition spread over two floors of Carlton House Terrace […]
Nicholas Penny, director of the National Gallery, London, is Apollo's Personality of the Year
The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, is transformed by a new extension and refurbishment
Jeremy Warren’s catalogue of the medieval and Renaissance sculptures in the Ashmolean Museum is a tour de force of scholarly writing
Portraits of scientific figures such as Isaac Newton and John Harrison reveal their shifting cultural status
Art education has come a long way since the 1950s. Is the Basic Design 'revolution' a little dated?
Warhol not only made art about mass consumption, he made art for mass consumption too
We asked the curators of the Arthur M. Sackler gallery's latest show to pick their favourite exhibits
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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?
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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?
An insight into the world of book art
The display of art in Asia; photojournalism from Chechnya; and historic rings in New York
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?
Huyghe's notoriously uncategorisable works are both strange and beautiful