Since 1956, the New York institution has fostered cross-cultural understanding, equipped with a collection of masterpieces assembled by its founder, John D. Rockefeller III
In his ‘Lamentation over the Dead Christ’, the painter’s attention to detail heightens the contrast between life and death
Niccolò dell’Arca's terracotta sculpture depicting the lamentation of Christ captures the mixed emotions wrapped up in grief
Alexis Soyer was in his time the most celebrated chef in London – and paintings by his wife, Emma, are ripe for rediscovery
At La Motte vineyard, landscapes by J.H. Pierneef are at one with the surrounding terrain
The annual event may last only a week or so, but its mission is to champion Asian art all year round
The siblings who were at the centre of high Victorian culture are being brought vividly back to life at the Watts Gallery
A new biography celebrates the brilliance of the artist who shaped our image of the Tudors
The Mallorca-based artist talks to Apollo about moving between painting and ceramics to translate his ideas into images
A year on from the fires that devastated southern California, the commercial scene is still down but not out
Plus: MFA Boston makes 33 staff members redundant; and Spanish galleries to close in VAT protest
The Queen of Pop has been singing the praises of the British seaside town and its most famous resident, Tracey Emin
The Rijksmuseum celebrates the profound influence that Ovid’s epic poem has had on artists over the last two millennia
The art dealer, who has died at the age of 97, was a tireless champion of her artists and brought an entirely new perspective to New York in the 1980s
Satirical prints and drawings that range from the cheeky to the downright revolutionary go on display at the Albertina in Vienna
The Cincinnati Art Museum unveils some 40 small, colourful works – from courtly scenes to mythological paintings – that depict states of longing
The warrior class that dominated Japan for centuries have long been a fixture in pop culture – but what were they really like?
Artists have long found domestic interiors to be a rich source of inspiration, as these four artworks show
Antonio Gaudi’s masterpiece is nearing completion a century after the architect’s death
Jorge and Darlene Pérez are committed to sharing their collection of modern and contemporary art with institutions around the world
With the help of Edmund de Waal, an exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield brings out the Danish polymath’s playful side
The dystopian series asks whether creativity has any value when everyone thinks the same way
In praise of the late-career artists, Joan Semmel and Caroline Coon among them, who keep on painting their own bodies
The late Hungarian film-maker’s epic studies of apocalyptic gloom have never seemed more ravishing or more timely
