The German artist is well-known for his frantic paintings, but his drawings, the focus of this exhibition, show us another side of his oeuvre
A pioneering Finnish modernist gets her first major museum exhibition in the United States
In the few years he spent in the Eternal City in the late 1480s, Lippi produced some of his most enduring masterpieces
A Campbell’s executive has been caught bad-mouthing his company’s product, but if it’s good enough for Warhol, it’s good enough for Rakewell
With records broken for works by Klimt, Kahlo and more, last week’s auctions show that collectors will still fork out for genuine quality
The 400th anniversary of the death of an artist who was hugely acclaimed in her lifetime is going mainly unmarked by museums – which means that devotees have their work cut out to see her paintings in person
Best known for her 1951 novel ‘Memoirs of Hadrian’, the writer also applied her gift for summoning the past to essays on Dürer, Michelangelo, Piranesi et al.
Ceremonial enamelled swords played an important role in the courts of 19th-century India and their artistry makes them still compelling today
A tour of the painter’s 18th-century morality tales reveals the ideas that shaped the age
Glass in hand, Apollo’s wine correspondent ponders the link between wine and philosophy
An uncanny automaton by the Czech artist Jan Žalud is testament to the forces that shaped the city in the 20th century
The success of London’s National Gallery during a tricky time for museums is a testament to having the right people steering the ship
As the prospect of restored state support becomes ever more distant, Britain’s museums are turning to US-style fundraising. But can this benefit more than just a handful of London institutions?
For contemporary artists such as Sasha Gordon and Nayland Blake the current moment screams unease
The painter abandoned his father’s corn business to pursue his artistic training – but it was his real agricultural knowledge that set him apart from his contemporaries
Plus: a Klimt painting has sold for $236.4m in New York; and the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., has deaccessioned ten works from its collection
Some 120 people from around the globe gathered to recognise the most impressive achievements in the art and museum world in the last 12 months
The band has teamed up with Pantone to unveil a brand new colour, which reminds Rakewell of other musicians who have toyed with tints
This show in Lyon gives locals and visitors a chance to see the white cliffs of Normandy through the eyes of some remarkable French painters
The neoclassicist was among the most illustrious painters of the 18th century, and is the subject of this major survey at the Prado
The de Young in San Francisco sheds light on how these reference tools for needle-workers became seen as objets d’art in their own right
This exhibition at Tate Britain makes clear how these two masters, born within a year of each other, transformed British painting in vastly different ways
Turner is regarded as a singular genius, but looking at his social and artistic milieu also reveals him as a product of his time
At MACAM, a combined hotel and art gallery, guests can wake up to the joys of Portuguese modernism
