Plus: archaeologists uncover a 3,500-year-old city in Peru; and Wael Shawky will be the first artist to curate an Art Basel fair
The original Hermès Birkin has bagged a record-breaking sum at auction, showing the enduring power of the film star’s je ne sais quoi
The poet lived at Wentworth Place for only 17 months near the end of his short life, but there he produced his greatest works and experienced some of his lowest moments
Since the Industrial Revolution, artists have envisioned a world in which work is more about job satisfaction than exploitation
The artist’s large-scale photos and installations in Edinburgh provide a stirring if uneven meditation on the politics of destruction
The Australian artist gets a sweeping retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
A chance to see work by one of the leading exponents of the Mono-ha movement at Dia Beacon
The painter and printmaker bridged Impressionism and Expressionism, as this exhibition at the Alte Nationalgalerie makes clear
This exhibition at the Met shows how the big city transformed the art of this undersung Abstract Expressionist
The painter’s biblical, classical and allegorical scenes were at once sumptuous flights of fancy and firmly rooted in the material world of Renaissance Venice
A Dutch family archive and a rare marble by Giambologna are among the most significant works to enter public collections in the past month
A personal tally of finding the magazine’s readers in films, television and fiction – and among the Rolling Stones
Nicola Lees, director of the Aspen Art Museum, tells Apollo how the ‘Serpentine in the mountains’ is turning artists into leaders
Plus: Blum is closing its galleries in Los Angeles and Tokyo; and Heather Gerken will be the Ford Foundation’s next president
With the Bank of England crowdsourcing ideas for its next series of banknotes, Rakewell hopes his art-related suggestions will be on the money
Tate Modern presents a major respective of this remarkable Aboriginal artist who took up painting in her seventies
Choose your own curatorial adventure at the V&A East Storehouse – but be prepared to wait a while for it to begin
The Grimaldi Forum in Monaco is putting on a vivid display of 20th-century works from the Pompidou’s permanent collection
From Socrates’s hemlock cup to Magritte’s surreal wine bottles, drinks and their containers have inspired artists and makers for centuries
The National Portrait Gallery’s annual exhibition comprises 46 works selected by a panel that includes Maggi Hambling
The Tate’s plan to raise £150m by 2030 is bold by UK standards, but may have unintended consequences
The Colorado art fair continues to expand, with local art taking centre stage in its largest edition yet
The vast Cinecittà film studio complex had such an influence on cinema it came to be known as ‘Hollywood on the Tiber’
The Kenyan artist’s sculptures and installations acknowledge and stand up to the lavish interiors in equal measure
