Japan’s support of its artisans shows how highly it views its cultural heritage, but the same isn’t always true of the rest of the world
The Georgian sculptor, who thrived in the Soviet Union and made his way to the heart of the Russian establishment, leaves an outsize legacy
When painting her gelatinous desserts, the artist is surrounded by jelly moulds, jellies and even a mummified mouse for company
The sculptor’s impressionistic works – and the photographs he took of them – always highlight the humanity of his subjects
Tutored in Paris in the 1920s, Dublin-born artists Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone brought a boldly avant-garde sensibility to traditional subjects
In her book, ‘Frieze Frame’, A.E. Stallings collects the responses of poets and artists to the marbles since the early 19th century. She tells Apollo why they now deserve a new lease of cultural life
The invention of the telegraph in a fractured post-Revolutionary France collapsed time and space, changing visual culture for ever
Plus: the Art Institute of Chicago has been ordered to surrender an Egon Schiele work; and Guy Ullens, a major collector of contemporary Chinese art, has died
A Dutch municipality has accidentally thrown a valuable print of Queen Beatrix out with the trash – but would the Pop art maestro really have minded?
Covering the past 15 years of the artist’s career, this show unites film with kinetic sculpture and live performance to explore the power of light and sound
A chance to see some 100 paintings, drawings and watercolours John Singer Sargent made during his formative years in France – including the infamous ‘Madame X’
Home is where the heart is for Do Ho Suh, whose large-scale sculptures, installations, drawings and videos are on display in a major survey at Tate Modern
Blurry effects have served all kinds of artists very well over the years, as this show at the Musée de l’Orangerie makes clear
Reports of looting at the Sudan National Museum were confirmed last month as government forces retook Khartoum. The losses are still being reckoned
The Edwardians are associated with elegance but an exhibition at the King’s Gallery in London suggests that excess was the hallmark of the age
A deathly still life by Maria van Oosterwijck and a huge trove of artefacts from Roman Britain are among this month’s highlights
The Liria Palace in Madrid is paying tribute to its late, great owner in the form of installations by Joana Vasconcelos
The Pompidou presents African, Caribbean and American artists who could be free in the French capital in ways often denied to them at home
At the Morgan Library in New York, a selection of guides to foreign lands reveals a bustling Middle Ages full of fantastical visions
The Hazendal Wine Estate has begun inviting artists to design the labels for a new series of sparkling wines – and the results fizz with creativity
In his posters and illustrations the art nouveau artist fused Slavic motifs with Japanese influences to create a style that was truly cutting-edge
Pope Francis has set Catalonia’s architect-in-chief on the path to sainthood, but if the Sagrada Família is anything to go by, we could be in for a long wait
Some 150 works by such luminaries as Ed Rossbach, Yayoi Kusama and Ruth Asawa put a different spin on the history of abstract art
Fifteen works of art depicting Apartheid-era South Africa in photography, prints and a painting go on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
