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
This year’s event has come up with a hybrid model that puts the focus firmly on galleries
In his skewering of authority figures, Ralph Steadman bears comparison with some of the great artists of modern times
The new administration is better disposed to the arts, but that doesn’t mean there’ll be more federal funding
From that scandalous scallop to her Mary Wollstonecraft monument, Maggi Hambling is no stranger to controversy
Plus: Bozar damaged by fire | and City of London to remove statues with slavery links
The photographer’s images of the struggle for civil rights are as relevant as when they were first made
The UK government’s proposal to protect every monument in sight is a kneejerk response that will have ridiculous consequences
It’s nigh-on impossible to get a decent dose of culture right now – unless you’re signed up for a jab at a museum
A meme of Bernie at the inauguration has (predictably) seen the senator popping up in everyone’s favourite paintings
Weird and wonderful citrus fruit were once highly prized possessions – and one German fanatic made prints of the hundreds of varieties he laid his hands on
The inauguration of Joe Biden as president marks a new chapter, but it won’t wipe out the ugly scenes of the storming of Congress
The 33rd edition of the fair is also its first digital-only outing, but it still offers the best in British art
The muddy foreshore of the Thames has been an unlikely treasure trove for amateur archaeologists
Suspect and bona fide works rub shoulders at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne – in a display the museum presents as an opportunity for close looking
Plus: Smithsonian scales back $2bn redevelopment plan | Naomi Beckwith appointed deputy director and chief curator of Guggenheim | and Champs-Élysées to be turned into ‘extraordinary garden’
Dealers and auction houses will need to think strategically as they try to weather the pandemic and its fallout
