The lost interiors of Siena’s palaces are brought back to life
Objects made for the city’s most important families were full of mythological and biblical figures and scenes – and this erudite exhibition aims to recreate their original settings
Objects made for the city’s most important families were full of mythological and biblical figures and scenes – and this erudite exhibition aims to recreate their original settings
The painter’s commission for the Courtauld Gallery draws on her love of early Italian painting, applying lessons from Giotto, Cimabue and Piero della Francesca to modern subjects
A major retrospective at Tate Modern reveals an artist whose talent burns more brightly than ever
As capital punishment became ubiquitous in the 18th-century, artists were increasingly influenced by the macabre spectacle
Hull Maritime Museum has reopened after a six-year, £20m refit, and its extraordinary collection of art and artefacts of seafaring life is making waves once again
Everyone knows that the medieval masterpiece chronicles matters of high state, culminating in the Battle of Hastings, but its borders carry a much more riddling message
Businesses of all sizes might be forced to go back to basics if they want to survive
For decades, a famous collection of antiquities has led a reclusive existence in Rome – but now a rolling programme of conservation and display is earning them new admirers
Modernists regarded the Scandinavian style as a mere throwback, but it was much more radical than it was given credit for
While Capability Brown achieved a natural look with great artifice in England, French landscape gardens were overtly experimental fantasies
As a new jellyfish museum opens in Florida, Rakewell makes the case for the spineless wonders as a class of non-sentient performance artists
There’s more to coping with heatwaves than turning on the air con, especially if collections and visitors require different conditions
The photographer behind the popular ‘I Spy’ picture-riddle children’s books talks to Apollo about the method behind his mind-boggling optical illusions
For a brief period before the First World War, oblique angles and angular planes were all the rage in Prague
A domestic scene of comfort and ease by the American artist demonstrates her skill for conveying hidden depths
Ever wanted to know what it’s like to run a successful gallery, wrangle apprentices while painting a fresco or curate your own museum? These are the board games for you
One of the greatest landscape gardens in the Paris region has been painstakingly revived – and the results would make an Ancien Régime aristocrat proud
A new programme fronted by Steph McGovern claims to demystify the art world but gets the basics badly wrong
The Australian artist’s studio has reopened with an exhibition of works made on his return home after a decade spent abroad
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller’s landscapes seem idealised but their quietly radical nature put him at odds with the art establishment of his day