Vivian Maier took thousands of photographs, but showed them to no one. Why are some artists so determined to keep their work secret?
It’s a big year for museums in the UK, with reopenings, expansions, and collaborations in London and Cambridge
This superbly curated exhibition transforms our understanding of medieval art history
Art news daily: 5 January
The chief curator of the Frick Collection picks out his highlights for the year ahead
Expect celebrations of Cubism, universal suffrage, architects and art collectors in the coming year
Art news daily: 4 January
The great architecture critic and campaigner has died at the age of 69
Highlights in Dublin and Cork this year include exhibitions on Brian Maguire, Wolfgang Tillmans and Mary Swanzy
An exhibition in Berlin explores how both sides in the Cold War tried to turn artists into ideological weapons
Art news daily: 3 January
Justin Bieber takes up painting, an art-breaking first date, and Hans-Ulrich on the beach
Looking forward to a year of monographic exhibitions, from Joan Jonas in London to Danh Vō in New York
Art news daily: 2 January
Highlights of 2018 include Thomas Cole’s paintings at the Met and Njideka Akunyili Crosby's mural at MoCA
The US is withdrawing from UNESCO (again) at the end of 2018. Has this international body outlived its usefulness?
Ralph Rugoff, the director of the Hayward Gallery, explains what the revamped brutalist building has to offer artists and audiences
The Louvre Abu Dhabi is undeniably impressive, but can it succeed in becoming the universal museum it wants to be?
From post-war German art at Harvard to Leonardo at the Worcester Art Museum, here are some gems beyond the blockbuster exhibitions
Highlights of 2018 include Victorian photographers, Egyptian influences, and models from Kinshasa
European highlights for 2018 include three promising young artists and Palermo’s eco-focused edition of Manifesta
Prominent exhibitions in 2018 will explore how art challenges power and how far it can transform the world
Masterpieces by Titian, Dürer, and Van Dyck return to London from their far-flung homes, and pottery comes to Cambridge
Highlights of 2018 include violent visions in Dulwich, Bruegel in Vienna, and T.S. Eliot at Turner Contemporary
