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By royal arrangement: Queen Mary’s compulsive collecting
Many British royals have been keen on acquiring works of art, but few have been as diligent about looking after them as Queen Mary
The stonecutter who gave life to letters
Ralph Beyer’s idiosyncratic letter-cutting isn’t to everyone’s taste but there’s no denying its power
The world’s largest painting – a backbreaking endeavour, basically
Sacha Jafri’s vast canvas may have fetched $62m, but it also landed him in hospital – and he’s not the first artist to have suffered a work-related injury
For the future of scholarship, the National Art Library must be protected
The V&A says it’s protecting the jobs of librarians (for now), but the fate of the greatest art library in the UK remains uncertain
In search of Irma Stern, whose paintings still embody the contradictions of South Africa
Irma Stern’s idylls of African life have too often been read at face value – but they mask a more troubled history
Art is all about human touch – and right now that’s more disturbing than it sounds
With human contact all but banned, an exhibition about touch was always going to provoke mixed feelings
Pinpoint perfection: how the brooch became an experimental art form
Since the 1960s, artists and designers have regarded the brooch as a miniature sculpture – and an opportunity to try out new materials and techniques
Keep cool: the concrete castles of Louis Kahn
The architect wreathed his buildings in mystical language – but his modern citadels are clearly among the great achievements of 20th-century architecture
Walter Gramatté and Hamburg
The German painter moved freely between Surrealism, Expressionism and Symbolism, as this display in Hamburg reveals
NFT mania has swept the art world – and yes, that’s the scent of tulipomania.jpeg
Christie’s just sold a Jpeg file for a staggering $69.3 million. There’ll be a saving on shipping costs, if nothing else…
How a parrot named after Edward Lear is taking flight again in Brazil
A pair of Lear’s macaws, named after the poet, painter and parrot-lover, have been released into the wild in Brazil
The avant-garde artists who sold a vision of the future
A display of interwar posters is a reminder of that utopian moment when artists believed they could invent a new world
How to turn your home into a DIY art gallery
Will Martin steps away from his screen and takes his cues from some of the world’s leading contemporary artists
The poetry of Polaroids, chez François Halard
Locked down in Arles, the celebrated interiors photographer François Halard made a series of dreamlike Polaroids that emerge as an enigmatic self-portrait
Behind the mask? An interview with Gillian Wearing
Gillian Wearing is in an unusually candid mode in her lockdown paintings, writes Martin Herbert – if you take them at face value, that is
Bring your favourite paintings to life – with exceptionally creepy results
Thanks to deepfake technology you can make Rembrandt roll his eyes – and be creeped out by the results
An elegy for sweaty nights of drum & bass
With nightclubs in crisis, photographs of clubbers leave Peter Scott feeling nostalgic for the ’90s rave scene
Drama queen: a peek inside Marie Antoinette’s private theatre
When Marie Antoinette had a theatre built at Versailles, her play-acting took to a stage of its own – and now this splendid interior has been meticulously restored
Video in demand? The nostalgic appeal of VHS
Videos have become relics of a bygone era – but they are attracting a new following, glitches and all
Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And
Since the early ’80s, the American artist has blurred the lines between performance, politics and conceptualism. A survey at the Brooklyn Museum
Has the UK government abandoned the arts?
Former arts minister Ed Vaizey and leading culture writer Charlotte Higgins on whether the government should be doing more for the hard-hit arts sector
For the women of Venice, the fiddly art of bead-stringing is worth fighting for
Stringing glass beads was once the main work available to Venetian women – but it’s now a protected craft pursued by only a handful of skilled artists
The merchant from Moscow who fell for the Parisian avant-garde
Ivan Morozov built one of the greatest modern art collections in the world – but only a century after his death is his legacy being recognised
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Art really does work on the radio – especially if it’s cast as true crime
A new series on BBC Radio 3 delves into the notorious life of Benvenuto Cellini – and it’s a binge-worthy Renaissance thriller, Christina Faraday writes