Artworks made from the rapper’s discarded blunts has soared at auction, reminding Rakewell of the ties between smoking and art history
The artist’s vividly illustrated hand-printed books are the focus of this show at the Yale Center for British Art
This painter of enigmatic outdoor scenes and domestic interiors gets her first European retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag – and is still active at the age of 98
A range of arresting works by the pre-eminent artists of the Edo period go on display at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles
Dozens of paintings from the heyday of Spanish colonial art go on display at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin
The Art Students League of New York has trained many a great painter and is still going strong on its 150th anniversary
The elaborately decorated art that emerged from Central and South America during the Spanish colonial period is gaining traction in the market
The Irish castle owned by the Dukes of Devonshire has had its fair share of vicissitudes, from sieges to extensive redecorations
The artist has built a full-size fish and chip shop entirely out of felt – and the results look good enough to eat
The vast Cinecittà film studio complex had such an influence on cinema it came to be known as ‘Hollywood on the Tiber’
The Old Master drawings collector has described herself as ‘an undisciplined cockapoo’ when it comes to buying – but each piece must be of the highest calibre
Eight museums will be scrutinised to ensure their practices are in line with ‘the President’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism’
In a slinky new animated short, Polo Bear pulls off a daring act of recovery for the Met
Pocket-sized pictures once played a big role in people’s emotional lives, as this show in Cleveland makes clear
Pallant House Gallery explores how modern and contemporary British artists have depicted their peers
The Carnegie Museum of Art brings together artists, architects and teachers to conceive new ways of thinking about education
The MFA Boston celebrates the intricate, innovative still lifes of Dutch painter who was one of the most successful artists of her day
An exhibition of art made with children in mind demonstrates that kids can be the most demanding of connoisseurs
At Beamish, the award-winning Living Museum of the North, everyday English life is recreated on a vast scale
The National Army Museum shows that there was more to military art than patriotism and propaganda
Though museums use them to provide more information, QR codes can conceal as much as they reveal
Plus: Manhattan DA returns 31 antiquities to Spain, Italy and Hungary, and Kasmin Gallery announces its closure
With the late Queen's Range Rover set to go to auction, Rakewell explores the weirder fates that have befallen the cars of heads of state
Among this month’s highlights are a brooding self-portrait by Spilliaert and a masterpiece of late gothic sculpture
