Period drama: do country house exhibitions need a shake-up?
Museums might be better at bringing the contents of grand historic piles to life than the houses themselves
Museums might be better at bringing the contents of grand historic piles to life than the houses themselves
The artist has partnered up with WeTransfer to create a digital version of the Abramovic Method, a series of exercises that will test your patience to its limit
Clive Bell is now best known as Vanessa’s husband – but a new biography replenishes his role in promoting modernism in Britain
The artist talks to Martin Gayford about a life spent pushing the possibilities of collage, from his Sgt. Pepper cover to recent digital experiments
The Italians have opted for a ‘Renaissance design’ – although the floral patterning looks more William Morris than Michelangelo
2 Tone began as a ska-inspired record label, but swiftly became a look and a political stance – and a defining moment in British cultural history
Paul Greenhalgh’s ambitious survey takes us from the ancient Greeks to Picasso and beyond
The visual arts have often toyed with odours and smells, however challenging they are to represent
Utopia Home – International Empathy Centre will provide a place of interaction, exchange and community for the artists and residents of Cracow in Poland
A survey of new Australian art presents a planet in crisis – but it’s more uplifting than it sounds
A retrospective at the Pera Museum in Istanbul demonstrates the vast geographic sweep of the Lebanese-American artist's work and biography – including her Ottoman roots
The TV competition series is billed as a ‘masterclass’ – and none of the contestants will be booted off until the finale. Where’s the fun in that?
Modern masters from Joseph Cornell to Paul Klee have produced works expressly for children, writes Ben Street – but perhaps all great art is a type of child’s play?
A new biography of the British painter has a fine sense of his precocious talent – and real feeling for his rakish charm
Mars has never seemed closer, with rovers spamming us with photos from its surface
The contents of the late scientist’s office are heading to the Science Museum in London – and it’s not the first workspace to be preserved in this way
The Palazzo Vendramin Grimani has opened with a display that reunites some of the paintings it was once home to – plus a helping of contemporary art
An early commission by the painter for a public theatre in Rijeka is the subject of a major display in the city this summer
Stolen objects include the rosary that Mary, Queen of Scots took to her execution
The Iraqi-American artist talks to Apollo about making an anti-war memorial in Margate – and about ‘problem-solving and trouble-making’ with his art