European paintings still occupy prime real estate on Fifth Avenue – but a redisplay offers fresh insight into the Met’s hallowed holdings
A proposed law will prevent journalists and the public from photographing the police – and follows widely publicised acts of police brutality, writes Valeria Costa-Kostritsky
Plans to sink a dual carriageway beneath Stonehenge have been heavily criticised – but the tunnel will improve our experience of the site, writes Timothy Darvill
Videos of top Italian chefs chewing over the Uffizi’s collection have a delightfully homemade flavour
Richard and Isabel Burton are buried in a quiet churchyard in south London – but their remarkable tomb is a fitting monument to these insatiable travellers
Videos have become relics of a bygone era – but they are attracting a new following, glitches and all
Plus: Swiss museums reopen next week, while UK museums must wait until May | Experts confirm message on The Scream is by Munch | and National Gallery in London and Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin update Hugh Lane bequest deal
With the sitcom set to return to our screens, Rakewell wonders if its pompous protagonist will know more about art than he used to
Former arts minister Ed Vaizey and leading culture writer Charlotte Higgins on whether the government should be doing more for the hard-hit arts sector
Daft Punk weren’t always robots – but it’s how they’ll be remembered
Stringing glass beads was once the main work available to Venetian women – but it's now a protected craft pursued by only a handful of skilled artists
The Secretary of State for Culture has paintings by Lubaina Himid and Charles Mozley in his office – but perhaps video art is more his thing?
Ivan Morozov built one of the greatest modern art collections in the world – but only a century after his death is his legacy being recognised
Museums in Switzerland have appealed to the government to let them reopen – and French museums are following suit
Museums in England will have to wait until May to reopen but shops, gyms and libraries are set to open in April. What’s the logic in that?
They’re the classic way to embellish a building – and for all their suspicion of ornament, even modern architects went in for them
Mulberry trees are rare in the city, yet more than one is currently under threat – including the oldest tree in the East End
Experts have confirmed that the writing on The Scream is in Munch’s handwriting
She may paint Penthouse pin-ups, but Lisa Yuskavage's work is far more compassionate than some critics allow – not that she makes art with morality in mind
For millennia, marble was taken to be a gleaming reflection of the heavens – and, in Fabio Barry’s new book, it regains its divine mysteries
Deaccessioning rules for US museums have been relaxed to raise money for collection care – and even the Met may take advantage. It’s a slippery slope, says Thomas P. Campbell
Plus: National Gallery in London launches design competition to rethink Sainsbury Wing, and more stories
The Architectural Association in London has always been a quirky place, writes Douglas Murphy, but its pupils still go on to dominate the profession
The latest mummy to go through a CT scanner is Seqenenre Tao II – and researchers are now convinced that he died in a grisly execution ceremony
