Thousands of paintings have been snipped up into jigsaws – but some are infinitely more puzzling than others
The Torlonia marbles make for the greatest private collection of Roman antiquities in existence – and they're finally on view to the public
Funding for archaeology has been slashed by the UK government – and it’s a moronic mistake
Late medieval gold is vanishingly rare, so a metal detectorist’s discovery may be a truly spectacular find
Andrei Taraschuk wants to inundate the internet with art – and has made hundreds of bots posing as famous artists
Reports of atrocities in the Ethiopian region include the targeting of Tigray’s unparallelled cultural treasures
From his sitting room in west London, the Manila-born artist created a vital space for avant-garde artists and writers
The new trading arrangements between Britain and the EU will affect how art is bought and sold – and art businesses need to wise up on them
Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan shine in the story of the Sutton Hoo discovery
Mid-pandemic, the art critic Andrew Russeth moved from New York to Seoul. His first stop out of quarantine? A museum, of course
In our pandemic-stricken world, vast, crowd-pleasing exhibitions are out of the question for museums. But will sell-out shows ever return?
Federico Zuccari’s illustrations of the Divine Comedy have seldom been shown. But the Uffizi has put them online – and Dante’s poem has never looked better
The renowned art dealer has died at the age of 91. In March 2014, he opened up his extraordinary private art collection to Apollo, in an interview republished in full here
In her Tarot Garden in Tuscany, the French-American artist let her imagination run riot
Thomas Herbert’s collection of ancient sculpture at Wilton House was heralded during his lifetime – but it relied on somewhat fanciful premises
What do decades of neglect look like? For the Houses of Parliament, a repair bill upwards of £12 billion
The crotchety cult legend is giving art lessons on TV – and it’s all surprisingly charming
With an eye for ritual, the photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews celebrates an unfamiliar vision of the river
Giovanni Morelli was a complex character, as attentive to the state of the Italian nation as he was to its art
Without Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion models, science-fiction films wouldn't look like they do today
Kara Walker’s fountain at Tate Modern plays a starring role in FKA Twigs’ new video – and it’s not the first artwork to have a brush with the charts
The hit French series on Netflix sees the Paris museum's security breached in spectacular fashion – but stealing the Mona Lisa in 1911 couldn't have been easier
With lockdown boredom well and truly setting in, it’s time to stick the kids – with their crayons – in front of a museum website
The city’s most devoted citizen explains urban life to Martin Scorsese
