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Art historians have often looked down on 19th-century fashion, but fine artists were heavily influenced by the early days of the luxury industry
Westminster Council wants people to stop ordering at bars and standing up to drink – a form of cultural vandalism with huge implications for art history
Among this month’s highlights are a trove of Wiener Werkstätte postcards for the Neue Galerie and the National Gallery’s first Angelica Kauffman painting
The Old Master’s native town in Veneto is marking the 450th anniversary of his death with an exhibition that explores his relationship with the local landscape
At Charleston, etchings, engravings and lithographs from across the avant-garde artist’s career are joined by a painting that counts Virginia Woolf and King Charles III among its admirers
The artist found new methods of capturing the play of light – and also found ways to express his anarchist beliefs in painting, as the Museum Barberini makes clear
The painter is best known as a Fauvist, but his career took many twists and turns, as a survey at Les Franciscaines in Deauville makes clear
The Australian artist’s studio has reopened with an exhibition of works made on his return home after a decade spent abroad
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller’s landscapes seem idealised but their quietly radical nature put him at odds with the art establishment of his day
The architects of Britain and Ireland’s best-loved buildings have received a good deal of attention, but what about the men who built them?
Established in 1852 by three brothers, the Alinari firm produced many of the oldest photographs of Italy and has left behind a vast archive in Florence
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The literati of the Middle Ages produced some astounding manuscripts – and the Getty Center is offering a glimpse into how they were made
A survey of the first African American sculptor to win renown at home and abroad comes to the Georgia Museum of Art
This retrospective in Edinburgh includes photos of high-schoolers, sports players, political rallies – and some striking self-portraits
Before the artist embraced the full spectrum of colour, she pushed black and white patterns to their limits, as this display at Dia Beacon shows
The singular paintings of one of the unshowier School of London painters are ripe for discovery
The Glasgow School of Art says it can’t afford to rebuild the Mackintosh building after two disastrous fires. It’s time for the restoration to be taken out of its hands
At the MAK in Vienna, placing gemstones alongside more everyday designs brings out the artistry in both
The personal archive of Colonel Sanders went to auction this week – and bidders had their eyes on the fries
Her use of textiles means that Albers is often seen as a decorative or craft artist. But what if we regard her work as abstract art with a genuinely wide appeal?
Edward Hicks made 62 versions of the same scene of worldly harmony – but they were tinged with personal tragedy too
It’s another new dawn for the UK, now on its seventh prime minister in a decade. But among the cabinet comings and goings, Lisa Nandy is staying as culture secretary.
