Setting a brave example wasn't what Niru Ratnam had in mind when he forged ahead with plans to open his new business during the pandemic
For the avant-garde composer, mushroom-foraging was closely linked to his ideas about sound and spontaneity
The six paintings have long languished in relative obscurity. Restored and on view in Dublin, they are finally getting their due
While museums deliberate about returning objects that were taken from their places of origin without consent, it is easier for individuals to act
The future of fashion may not be the most pressing concern but it’s hard not to fear the worst
Plus: the House of Representatives has approved the National Museum for the American Latino, murals by Picasso have been removed from a building in Oslo, and more art news
A short-sighted view of what counts as cultural heritage has led to the bulldozing of family tombs in the city’s oldest burial site
The founding director of Paris Musées worked indefatigably to serve her ideal of culture as a public good
The sacking of two museum directors and the axing of the ministry for culture is part of a wider struggle about who and what culture is for
Would that the Buildings of Ireland series could be completed – the architectural riches of Central Leinster and Cork are well served by two new volumes
The importance of public statuary and portraiture for the Romans is no better demonstrated than in the way images of personae non gratae were destroyed, disfigured or re-carved
The Chilean-born artist talks about his ambivalent attitude towards photography and his utopian feelings about art
Plus: Gavin Brown is shutting down his gallery, and the rest of the week’s art news
The Trumps have a soft spot for Goya Foods, it seems – which sets Rakewell wondering whether the brand could make more of its painterly associations
Black artists such as Jacolby Satterwhite and Arthur Jafa have made the most of the freedom – and mass audience – music videos can offer
Khadija Saye was among the 72 people who died in the fire at Grenfell in 2017. A series of self-portraits she made that year is currently on display near the tower
The discovery of remains of victims of the Terror in a chapel dedicated to Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette complicates our understanding of the monument
Before ‘Big Brother’, there was Biosphere 2 – an experiment in utopian living that left its participants low on food and short of breath
Struck by both Covid-19 and a fierce earthquake, Croatia’s capital city and its cultural heritage need urgent help
A century after the founding of the Leach Pottery in St Ives, the ‘father of British studio pottery’ remains an influential, if contested, figure
Film fans can only hope that the director will turn his interest in these mysterious patterns to practical effect
Taken on his road trips across America, the photographer’s images from the 1970s are in a class of their own
A pit circle identified near Stonehenge helps us understand how prehistoric cultures saw themselves in the world
What is it like to look at paintings in the flesh after four months of not seeing any art – and hardly any people – at all?
