Making wine is an exacting activity that has much in common with the artistic process
The convivial event offers visitors the chance to roam the medieval streets of the Swiss capital in search of art ancient and modern
Modern critics (and conspiracy theorists) have focused on the painter’s decadent side, but his subjects reflect the society of his day
The museum has sensitively reimagined all its displays to breathe new life into its medieval masterpieces
As the city ‘arrives’ as a global art capital, how do the artists and curators who have been there for decades feel about the hype?
Plus: The Met has returned two statues to Libya and Qatar is to build three new museums in Doha
Rakewell applauds Ghislaine Wood, deputy of director of the Sainsbury Centre and now the proud Godmother of a Viking longship
The South African artist’s exposing paintings are not merely portraits of bare flesh – they are revelations of humanity’s darker, more painful depths
James John Audubon’s illustrations of birds endure to this day, even if many of the species he depicted didn’t make it
A century after the discovery of his tomb, our interest in the teenage pharaoh says more about the present than the past
The Laban Dance Centre is being encroached upon by unsightly developments and it needs to be protected now
The Ghana-based collector is known for discovering talented artists – but there is a more important mission behind her collecting instincts
The Brazilian artist works with materials he retrieves from the streets – but his studio space must be kept clean as a shrine
The charity Queer Britain is opening the country's first space dedicated to LGBTQ+ culture, but will its programme entertain as well as educate?
Plus: Bonhams acquires Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen | Budi Tek (1957–2022) | Planning permission granted for Madison Square Garden Sphere in East London
Rakewell wonders what to make of the artists of Burning Man festival taking over Capability Brown’s idyllic landscape in Derbyshire
The Mexican artist offers a glimpse of his makeshift studio in a Venetian palazzo
The designer’s infatuation with the fine arts ran deep, as a series of exhibitions throughout the city’s museums makes clear
An East Anglian museum is turning its attention from the field to the table with provocative results
After six years of work, the city’s most singular museum is reopening. But while it is once again filled with wonders, there are also questions to be answered
Combining subtlety with swagger, Van Dyck’s portraits of courtiers offer a mischievous rival to the official written histories of his day
The scammer of the art world has now joined its ranks – but how does the work she has made in jail measure up to the great prison art of the past?
Plus: MoMA to review security protocols after recent stabbings and Francis Kéré wins Pritzker Architecture Prize
Bowler hats off to a new biography of the painter that chips away at the Belgian’s bourgeois veneer
