Art news daily: 21 June
Call yourself a handbag designer, Jeff Koons? Leonardo beat you to it by 500 years
The DJ has curated an exhibition in Lisbon dedicated to the smiley logo – an image he has been collecting for decades
A new study of framing devices is illuminating, but devotes surprisingly little space to actual picture frames
The painter’s portraits may not be as ambiguous as this show in Berlin seems to suggest
Art news daily: 20 June
In the October 1945 issue of Apollo, readers ‘of moderate means’ were advised to invest in brown furniture – an unpopular but economical choice
Art news daily: 19 June
Modelled on the form of an Italianate palazzo, and adorned with trompe l’oeil polygons, this object is one of the earliest of its kind
Art news daily: 18 June
Anti-tsarist postcards were an important, and often beautiful, form of radical propaganda in Imperial Russia
Art news daily: 17 June
A show at the Louvre explores the rise, fall and what remains of the ancient Hittite empire
The president of the European Commission has expanded – cryptically, of course – on his description of Angela Merkel as an ‘endearing work of art’
The American artist discusses the pleasures of her craft – and culture in the age of Trump
Art news daily: 14 June
Diplomat, entrepreneur, painter – from an early age Rubens knew what it took to achieve success
Art news daily: 13 June
William Kentridge and Sol LeWitt are among the artists making the transport system a destination in its own right
Art news daily: 12 June
The Danish painter scorned the fussy fashions of the bourgeoisie, taking a more spartan approach – at home and in his art
An exhibition at the Accademia in Venice explores the link between the artist’s past and present work – as well as the influence of Old Masters
Art news daily: 11 June
Art news daily: 10 June
