How often should anyone think about the Roman empire?
While #romanempire has more than a billion view on TikTok, some of us only have eyes for the TV adaptation of ’I Claudius’ – and regrets about the Roman Republic
While #romanempire has more than a billion view on TikTok, some of us only have eyes for the TV adaptation of ’I Claudius’ – and regrets about the Roman Republic
For painters from Jan van Eyck to Philip Guston, the act of signing a finished work is much more than a simple assertion of authorship
The market for paintings by the likes of John Craxton and John Minton – and Paul Nash in pastoral mode – is having an idyllic time
In the Neue Nationalgalerie’s celebration of the sculptor’s 75th birthday, modernity is never what it used to be
The country’s national pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2023 explores how architecture has shaped social structures and communities
The Regent’s Park attraction offers plenty of opportunities for people-watching when the animals decide to make themselves scarce
Modern artists have managed to make surprisingly strong statements on blank or partially erased pages
On the 188th anniversary of the HMS Beagle landing on the Galápagos Islands, we take a look at four artworks and objects that tell the story of evolution
Founder of Jeffrey Deitch galleries, New York and Los Angeles
The psychedelic artwork-meets-wellbeing experience is still in its pilot stages but it deserves to be a mainstream hit
From a giant billiard table to a three storey concrete house, we take a look at some of the most compelling public artworks in recent history
The painter was always reluctant to regard his paintings as finished and revisted some of his greatest compositions several times
The theft of 2,000 items is a scandal that points to wider failures of leadership and oversight. So can the museum right what has gone wrong by itself?
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is as powerful as you would expect, but the Hiroshima Museum of Art may catch you unawares
The artist’s colourful paintings have transformed Turner Contemporary inside and out
Gwen John and the contemporary artist Matthew Krishanu found comfort in a shared composition
When it came to designing stained-glass windows, Henry Holiday was more than a match for his friend Edward Burne-Jones
Under its new director Christine Macel, the historic museum full of masterpieces of French design is entering a brand new era
It’s hard to say who, exactly, the Normans were – but even harder to make them out as a model migrants and proto-Europeans as a string of recent exhibitions has tried to do
An understanding of theatrical culture in the 18th century is vital for understanding the most important painters of the period