How a small German city became a leading home for new media art
The Edith-Russ-Haus in Oldenburg is currently host to an exhibition exploring the rise of ‘nootropics’, or smart drugs, in Silicon Valley
The Edith-Russ-Haus in Oldenburg is currently host to an exhibition exploring the rise of ‘nootropics’, or smart drugs, in Silicon Valley
Lakeside views by the painters Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Hugo Simberg are coming to auction this week
If films and television are anything to go by, it seems the main raison to go to an art gallery is to find a date
The 16th-century frescoed palace has been sexed up with a show exploring power and desire in the mannerist’s art
On his 50th birthday the society painter set off for the Holy Land, experiencing something of a conversion
Art news daily: 29 November
Paintings from the museum’s founding collection show the unsettling ways in which men have often represented women
Embracing polka dot, patchwork and plenty of colour, P&D artists set out to challenge the norms of good taste
The food historian Ivan Day talks about the historical table settings he has recreated for an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum
The Queen and Prince Philip get some art advice from Anthony Blunt in season three of the lavish drama
Thanks to the town’s seafaring merchants, the museum has one of the world’s best collections of maritime and Asian art – and a whole new wing for its display
The National Gallery is raising funds to purchase Orazio Gentileschi’s biblical scene – once a prized possession of Queen Henrietta Maria
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‘Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist’ by Elizabeth Goldring
Arab Image Foundation
The artist explains how his new lollipop-stick collages connect Pop art, Bauhaus, and ancient Athenian comedy
The artist discusses her stereotype-busting sculptures, and explains why major shows in Los Angeles and New York are ‘just another gig’
Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered Carmen C. Bambach Yale University Press Bambach’s four-volume account of the artist’s life and work is a feat of research and interpretation that has taken a quarter of a century to produce. As well as poring over Leonardo’s drawings, paintings, and writings, Bambach considers the relevant scholarship and recent technical evidence. […]
Child prodigy he was not – but works from the painter’s youth in Leiden show that he soon made up for lost time
Twenty-five years after his death, Jarman’s films, paintings and words are still incisive and inspiring