This major retrospective at the Royal Academy is full of bold colours, lively compositions and playful subversions of art history
The artist made numerous photographic images without using a camera, and it’s these that form the backbone of this exhibition at the Met
The V&A assembles a vast array of objects to reveal how the Queen of France’s trailblazing taste changed fashion forever
The Kunstmuseum Basel is getting into the Halloween spirit early with this display of objects that relate to all things ghoulish
The Egyptian artist’s ingenious operas, which he writes, scores, designs and directs, play around with our ideas about history
Eero Saarinen's US embassy building in Mayfair has long been undervalued, but its conversion into a luxury hotel may help revive its reputation
After attracting the biggest-ever cash donations to any cultural institution, the museum has announced a new extension and a big change in collecting policy
The painter and printmaker maintains a flexible routine at her church-like studio in Harare, which sits between a mountain and a dried-up riverbed
While exiled in the city, Marie Antoinette’s favourite artist struck up a close friendship with her own idol, Angelica Kauffman
New galleries are springing up, enriching the city’s cultural life and adding to the offerings of the university
This magnificent gilded cup fuses organic form with astonishing craftsmanship, explains Caterina Badan of the Schroder Collection
The Très Riches Heures, a rarely seen 15th-century book of hours begun by the three Limbourg brothers, was ever a star among manuscripts
Plus: former Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery director to head Milwaukee and UK Museums Association publishes new draft code of ethics warning against fossil-fuel sponsorship
The Kosovar artist is bringing his new opera to the Hamburger Bahnhof, along with sculptures, installations and video works from across his career
An exhibition at the National Theatre reveals the inventive ways in which stage directors and designers have tackled Greek tragedy over the years
The artist brings the Met’s neoclassical facade to life with four sculptures that reflect on our relationship with the environment
The pioneering collector had an excellent eye for modern art, as this exhibition at the National Gallery makes clear
The first Marie Bracquemond in a UK collection and a group of Chinese prints are among the most enticing works to enter public collections recently
Hopes are high that the second half of 2025 – like the restoration of Holbein’s portrait of Anne of Cleves – will offer a much-needed refresh
In works such as ‘The Communist: A Political Meeting’, the Welsh painter Evan Walters captured the hopes and fears of working-class communities
Eleanor Pinfield, director of Art on the Underground, talks to Apollo about the excitements and challenges of commissioning art for a subterranean audience
At Hatchlands Park in Surrey, Alec Cobbe lives with the likes of Guercino, Allori and Titian – a fitting collection for the Renaissance man he is
Paul Poiret over-extended himself in every way and died a commercial failure but a century later, his designs still have the power to startle
As emerging global powers are using culture to further their political and economic goals, is Britain keeping up?
