The Syrian-born, US-based artist talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about his sculptural dioramas of cities ravaged by war – and offers a message of hope for the future
Art news daily: 30 March
The late artist's creations are magically expressive, the perfect accompaniment to Goscinny’s witty text. Getafix quick!
The art nouveau house Henri Sauvage designed for the manufacturer Louis Majorelle has been restored to its richly decorated former glory
After a period of critical neglect the artist is at last in the ascendant, as his great friend James Baldwin always thought he would be
As LACMA moves ahead with plans to demolish its four original buildings, is it time to reassess the project – or is it too late?
The artist discusses his unorthodox methods, his long partnership with the late Jeanne-Claude, and finally being allowed to wrap the Arc de Triomphe
The museum has had to put its building to sleep – its galleries now populated by only security guards and ghosts
Rakewell bids farewell to the co-creator of Asterix by taking a tour through his characters – and how their names have shifted in translation
Art news daily: 27 March
A ritzy new book brings to life the eclectic tastes and unbridled opulence of aristocratic families in late imperial Russia
What did it mean for a wildly successful artist to paint a black elevator operator in stuffy Boston society?
Art news daily: 26 March
Bringing Titian's great mythological works together at a time when few people would see them has been a bittersweet experience – but the paintings offer some consolation
Art news daily: 25 March
The Belgian Symbolist is at his spookiest and most original when he depicts reality
From Raymond Chandler to Tracey Emin, writers and artists alike have long been seduced by the melancholy brilliance of neon
Art news daily: 24 March
A sale of volumes collected by the Assay Office over two centuries brings numerous important works to the market, despite local opposition
Displaced from his home in the Colombian Amazon, Abel Rodríguez draws on his memories to document its flora and fauna
That we know so much about the day-to-day reality of the Great Plague of London is down to the diaries of John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys
The biographer's revelations about Eric Gill were delivered with calm objectivity – a quality that made her a superb observer of extraordinary lives, her own included
Art news daily: 23 March
The final years of Paul Klee's life coincided with the rise of Nazism – but the painter deployed his taste for humour and satire to the last
