Perhaps Keanu Reeve’s restless hitman should stop settling scores and settle down in the Louvre instead?
As the movement approaches its 100th anniversary, six experts explain why it continues to inspire artists, collectors and curators today
Our pick of art about folly that it would be unwise to overlook
By working in offices or trying to play Snow White at Euro Disney, the Finnish artist takes aim at the monotony of modern life
At once a local treasure and world-class hub, the Sunderland institution will close if funds cannot quickly be found
The Plateforme 10 project has brought the city’s fine arts, design and photo museums together on the site of a former train yard
British folk rituals have often required the wearing of outlandish outfits, some of which have remained unchanged for centuries
The arts centre’s new restaurant is not exactly a feast for the eyes, but the food more than makes up for it
At the Kronenhalle in Zurich, the writer was most likely to ask for Fendant de Sion, a wine that deserves to be much better known abroad
After a spell in the doldrums, prices for magnificent carpets from across the continent are starting to soar again
The Swedish artist is now fêted as a pioneer of abstract art, but her spiritual inclinations are what really resonate today
Securing the services of Willem Van de Velde and his son was a coup for Charles II – and it put wind in the sails of England’s own maritime art tradition
When we think of the biblical folly, it’s Pieter Breugel the Elder’s painting that first comes to mind – but artists and writers are still reimagining it today
The painter’s works invite us to marvel at the mysteries of perception – and we will never see so many of them in the same place again
A book of original sources about the painter is a tribute to both a great artist and a great art historian
At the MAH in Geneva, the artist Ugo Rondinone has rehung Le Sommeil to bring its livelier side to the fore, explains curator Samuel Gross
The sculptor was regarded as too sensual by classicists and too cold by Romantics, but a more superficial look at his work suggests what he was really up to
The attempts of the master journalist to focus on her own past are as intriguing and oblique as the rest of her work
At the intimate, dealer-led event known as Art en Vieille-Ville, everything from Old Masters to surreal photographs is on offer
Public and curatorial interest in the avant-garde movement shows no signs of abating but the market is less stable
The naturalist sketched his discoveries with unmatched dedication, but was unlucky to lose so many of the original specimens at sea
The Hollywood superstar inspired artists of all kinds – and Rakewell sincerely hopes that Jackson Pollock was among them
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While the two painters had little in common, this show at the Musée d'Orsay shows how they spurred one another to new heights
