A cursory look at some princely portraits might have encouraged Harry to head for the Californian hills even earlier
Plus: the artist Michael Snow, the architect Renée Gailhoustet and the art historian Hans Belting have died this week
The Antwerp-born painter had a gift for marrying northern and southern traditions
Works from the Hispanic Society in New York get their first outing in the United Kingdom
The Cleveland Museum of Art considers how the invention of new chalks and pastels encouraged artists to experiment
A rare opportunity to view the complete set of woodcuts from Dürer’s ‘Great Passion’ in the UK
A panel discussion with Peter Parker (writer) and Florence Evans (art historian, curator and dealer). Chaired by Samuel Reilly
The Jamaican-British artist has a penchant for picking up other people’s rubbish and falls in love with the collectors who come to see his work
Plus: John Akomfrah and Grayson Perry knighted, Louvre to limit visitor numbers, and the rest of the week’s top stories
The multimedia artist brings comedy to grave matters in a four-part presentation at the Whitney in New York
This exhibition in Los Angeles considers how Forti challenged the boundaries between visual art and dance
The Victorian painter’s idyllic landscapes return to the county that inspired them
The mysterious Roman religion is the focus of this exhibition at the Archäologisches Museum in Frankfurt
There’s no denying the actor’s talents, but Rakewell can’t help wishing he would finally direct that film about Eadweard Muybridge, ‘the father of motion pictures’
A donation of 220 works by Philip Guston from the artist’s daughter and a portrait of one of Louis XV’s most controversial aides are among this month’s highlights
The new-look National Portrait Gallery in London and the International African American Museum in Charleston are among the highlights of the year ahead
While Peter Strickland’s most recent feature sends up sound artists, Georgina Starr’s short makes for a more challenging listen
George II gave his god-daughter a decorative silver bowl that was later put to surprisingly practical use
The artist’s mastery of unusual materials gave her a real edge over her peers
Robert Bevan’s call to require a lot less from our public monuments has much to recommend it
The painter’s house in Suffolk now tells a compelling story about his formative influence
The wines of the Veneto need no introduction, but it’s worth getting to know the ones produced inside the city itself
Giorgio Vasari’s famous collection of Renaissance drawings was dispersed after his death, and scholars have been trying track down its contents for centuries
The fin-de-siècle movement fired up the imaginations of avant-garde ceramicists across Europe
