Plus: plans for President Trump’s triumphal arch have been approved; Lord Sainsbury has donated £91.2m to the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich; and the founding director of EMST in Athens has died
Blockbuster sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips for bona fide masterpieces suggest that the market may be headed upwards
When the work goes on display at the British Museum in September, visitors will have 40 minutes to look at it
This exhibition at the New York Historical argues that for all the importance of the ‘Founding Fathers’, we ought not to forget the radical contributions of the founding mothers and sisters
This retrospective at the Guggenheim Bilbao does justice to the painter’s genius for mining well-known signs, symbols and shapes for new meaning
It’s not just the content of the French artist’s films and installations that’s unsettling – it’s also how they are made
The Prado explores the influence of the Italian painters who took their painterly innovations to Spain in the 14th century
For 10 years, the photographer Clémentine Schneidermann and creative director Charlotte James have worked with young people in the South Wales Valleys on a fashion project with a real sense of place
A rare snuffbox made by Louis XV’s goldsmith and a floral still life by Bernardo Strozzi are among this month’s highlights
As the Chelsea Flower Show in London continues in full bloom, we explore four artworks that celebrate floral life in its many forms
An 18th-century gathering was nothing without a table full of roast hare, yellowhammer pies and truffle-stuffed turkeys
Plus: French parliament slams state of museum security | Nazi-looted painting found in home of Dutch SS commander’s family | Wellcome Collection hands over Jain manuscripts to UK Jain community | Valie Export (1940–2026) | Bruno Bischofberger (1940–2026)
A poll designed to determine Britain’s favourite butterfly reminds Rakewell that lepidoptera are nature’s paintings – and artists have long been drawn to them
The Met Cloisters presents a menagerie of objects that demonstrate the role of imaginary beasts in people’s everyday lives from 500–1500
This major retrospective at Tate Britain suggests that the artist’s favourite subject was paint itself
The intrepid painter didn’t just capture American landscapes from coast to coast – he depicted majestic vistas all over the world
The 12 paintings the artist made for the women’s canteen of a chocolate factory in Oslo go on public display at the Munchmuseet
The artist’s love of gold and other metallic pigments shines through in his paintings, from his interest in Japanese lacquers to the very titles of his work
To mark 90 years since Amy Johnson flew from London to Cape Town and back in eight days, we look at four artworks that chart life in the skies
In Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, The Christophers, Ian McKellen’s once-celebrated artist hasn’t put brush to canvas for decades. Creating his cluttered, crusted-over studio was a gift of a project for production designer Antonia Lowe
There’s plenty of arresting art this year, but the most memorable might be Gabrielle Goliath’s work for the cancelled South Africa pavlion
A series of works by the artist coming to auction give greater insight into his meteoric rise
At the National Gallery Singapore, the winner of this year’s Craft Prize – and the other shortlisted works – offer an invigorating vision of the possibilities of making
The photographer talks to Apollo about how she prepared to represent New Zealand at the Venice Biennale – all without a studio
