Horace Walpole’s aunt once quipped that the hermaphrodite was ‘the only happy couple she ever saw’. A bronze variation on the theme comes to auction soon...
Art News Daily : 28 November
Apollo's annual awards are a great opportunity to reflect on the achievements of the art world, and the people within it who are driving it forwards
The first prosecution for destroying cultural heritage at the ICC has led some critics to ask if war crimes against people should come first
Ulla von Brandenburg’s installations create a theatrical encounter with the viewer, using film, staging, and architecture
A new facsimile of the Lascaux cave is about to open, but are digital reproductions of cultural sites merely tourist attractions or will they save our fragile heritage?
The Queen's House in Greenwich is steeped in so much history that curators have struggled to decide what to highlight. But now the problem seems to have been solved
Pedro II, Brazil's 'citizen-emperor' was a devoted patron of the new technology and a keen photographer himself
Paintings by Michelangelo, Leonardo and Caravaggio have been infiltrated with pizza slices in the name of pizza delivery.
'When this collection began, no one thought that Islam would be on everyone's lips'
Art News Daily : 25 November
'Hopefully some nice, trippy light installations will take my mind off the madness'
The winners of this year's Apollo Awards - which celebrate great achievements of the art and museum worlds - were announced at a ceremony in London on Thursday
Art News Daily : 24 November
With a new museum due to open in Cape Town soon, a growing gallery scene, and burgeoning international interest in contemporary African art, signs are good
Art News Daily : 23 November
Materials range from concrete to soap bubbles; subjects include mass extinction and internet cats. This is a bizarre mix of work, but a fascinating one
Sabine Haag, the director-general of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, discusses how one of the world's grandest museums is preparing for the future
A tour of some of the highlights of the NPG's hidden collection
Having a laugh with Bob Rauschenberg; the man who would be Van Gogh; and rock'n'roll stories from Johnny Marr and Sean Lennon
Art News Daily : 22 November
This new book on Irish art in the early modern period includes excellent texts by non-national authors that finally place Irish artists in a European context
Art News Daily : 21 November
Cy Twombly's longstanding collaborator Nicola Del Roscio discusses the artist's love of French culture and the work of the Cy Twombly Foundation