Plus: an independent report finds that Arts Council England should overhaul its funding model; and the National Museum of Libya has reopened after nearly 14 years
Best known for his horrifying tales of the supernatural, the author was inspired by his work as a medievalist and the spookiness of antique objects
The question of how art might usefully engage with social and political issues has long preoccupied artists and curators
Early works by this pioneer of Neo-Concretism are thrilling experiments with geometric forms, planes and space in two and three dimensions
The first Latino master printer in the United States worked closely with artists including Ruth Asawa and Herbert Bayer – and also printed his own designs
The Los Angeles institution’s relationship with the movement stretches back nearly a century, as this selection of masterpieces reveals
Buyers of Glenrothes’ 51-year-aged whisky have to hammer away at its casing before they can start drinking
The contents of the artist’s house were sold after his death and Annemarie Kloosterhof has remade the most elusive of these in paper – to wonderfully spooky effect
The artist’s immaculate paintings of cakes, deli counters and pinball machines are in fact odes to imperfection
December’s evening sales have shown that there is still a strong market for Old Masters, with even contemporary art buyers splashing out on pre-19th-century works
Violent protests marred the opening of the first exhibition at the new museum in Benin City – and too many people seem to have ignored the warning signs
Fans of tableaux will enjoy a recreation of one of Scotland’s most famous paintings. Happy World Skating Day to all who celebrate!
The transformation of the Musée des Augustins has brought this former convent into the modern age
The Uffizi leans into the grotesque for Christmas, displaying Renaissance and baroque sculptures that range from the sweetly devotional and highly disturbing
One of America’s boldest and most eccentric architects gets a major survey at the Art Institute of Chicago
Many French artists in the middle of the 19th century resisted the political turmoil and rapid modernisation taking place around them
The Centre Pompidou may be closed, but its drawings collection is still at large, with some 300 works on paper at the Grand Palais
Plus: thieves have stolen 600 items from a Bristol museum, and the photographer Martin Parr has died at the age of 73
Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny’s landmark history of the afterlife of classical sculpture has been refreshed to give it even more longevity
Alt text in museums doesn’t benefit only low-vision users – it helps all of us think more deeply about how to understand an artwork
The photographer, who has died at the age of 73, always insisted that he was capturing his subjects as they really were
‘Comrades in Art’ is a timely and provocative account of the role of art in the age of tyranny
A rare genre scene by Maarten van Heemskerck and a bumper bequest of Pop art are some of the most interesting acquisitions of the past month
Heavily influenced by his artistic contemporaries, the architect pushed the limits of design – and revolutionised the idea of the modern museum
