As the number of global billionaires has ballooned, the art world has become increasingly reliable on questionable funds from Russia and elsewhere
There is no great tradition of male nudes by women artists, but this underlines an asymmetry of power rather than a lack of female desire
Silversmithing has had a turbulent history on the Iberian Peninsula. The market is quiet, but showing new signs of life, says Emma Crichton-Miller
Maeve Gilmore thrived on the demands of domesticity – and her family is now on a mission to make her art much better known
Tottenham Hotspur's new stadium has just celebrated its third birthday but despite its shiny facade, the club still projects a message of continuity and tradition
The Californian painter’s responses to ‘The Flaying of Marsyas’ have a sublime quality all of its own
Plus: Vlodomyr Zelensky addresses the Venice Biennale and the Viennese Actionist Hermann Nitsch has died at the age of 83
Rakewell finds that Cecilia Alemani’s focus on women artists at the Venice Biennale is ruffling a few feathers among the males of the species
From Simone Leigh’s monumental sculptures to Zineb Sedira’s inventive sets, this year’s Venice Biennale presents a rich and varied portrait of contemporary art across the globe
Formerly home to the Venetian officials who cared for the city’s poor, the newly restored historic building now serves the local community as well as tourists
The Kazakh collective’s approach to making art involves walking and talking – and even singing – before anything concrete is created
The fashion designer has often looked to the art world for inspiration, but dressing the artist Simone Leigh for the Venice Biennale required an entirely new approach
The painter may be fond of his iPad, but his longstanding suspicion of the technologies that have tied artists to linear perspective is to the fore here
The French furniture that inspired the look of Disney’s best-loved films also came out of a studio system that required a good deal of collaboration
Plus: Jessica Bell Brown named head of contemporary art at Baltimore Museum of Art and Kim McAleese appointed director of Edinburgh Art Festival
After recent revelations about the inspirations behind ‘The Northman’, Rakewell regards its director Robert Eggers as a man of refined sensibilities
The discovery of a ritual offering of 160 starfish and a jaguar skeleton to the Aztec god of war has got archaeologists excited to uncover its meaning
Akseli Gallen-Kallela is best-known for his pretty lakeside views, but he also yearned for political independence and spiritual fulfilment
Plus: Charles Darwin’s stolen notebooks returned to Cambridge University | Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego reopens | Finland seizes art shipments from Russia worth €42m
Jeremy O. Harris' latest play unravels the twisted power dynamics between a wealthy white art collector and an emerging Black artist on a Hockney-inspired stage
Wolf Burchard pays tribute to the expertise and open-mindedness of the chairman of Masterpiece who was a pillar of the world of decorative arts
In the late 19th century, Jewish families across Europe created homes that are monuments to the complexity of cosmopolitanism and integration
Rakewell marvels at HBO's surprisingly true-to-life portrayal of the obsessive art collector in pursuit of a Jean Royère pepper shaker
The painter of bejewelled, fantastical scenes has created his very own urban paradise filled with birdsong and the delicate fragrances of seasonal blooms
