While museums are desperate to stop climate actions involving works of art, a gallery in London has put defaced paintings front and centre, tomato soup and all
On the 260th anniversary of the birth of the man who took the first photo, here are four works that highlight bold approaches to photography
While other events are contracting, this New York mainstay remains a force to be reckoned with
The artist has been making installations about bees for years. His apian interests are now the subject of an exhibition at the World Museum
The innovations of artists in the first half of the 14th century created new pathways for painting for centuries to come
A study of the painter’s business practices finds faults with her financial acumen and artistic training – though not everyone will agree
Tessa Hadley is unsettled by Giovanni Bellini’s eerily calm depiction of the murder of Saint Peter Martyr
An unusually vibrant early still life by Van Gogh and an outstanding piece of Renaissance maiolica are among the highlights of this year’s edition
UK museums are hamstrung by outdated laws around restitution. It’s time for politicians to end the impasse and give them greater autonomy over their collections
From Rembrandt in Frankfurt to pictures of puddings in The Hague, there's plenty to see within touching distance of the fair
The Paris fair dedicated to works on paper is still a real draw for exhibitors and visitors from all over the world
Women have often been thought susceptible to demonic influence, and creativity can be seen as a form of possession – notions reclaimed by artists in ingenious ways
If AI is treated as little more than a fashionable selling point, then its potential to create genuinely innovative art may be lost
This nomadic gallery finally has a permanent home, but can the impressive collection protect it from Poland’s fraught cultural politics?
On the eve of this year’s Academy Awards, disappointed nominees in the best director category should take comfort from an unusual set of candles
Bavarian culture minister promises more transparency from the state’s paintings collection and the Guggenheim in New York announces redundancies
Designed in the 18th century by Luigi Vanvitelli for Charles VII of Naples, Italy’s answer to Versailles is as dizzying today as it was 250 years ago
In Madrid, the Thyssen-Bornemisza goes in search of the painters who inspired Marcel Proust and his magnum opus
The Hepworth Wakefield celebrates the British ceramicist whose pots take cues from jazz to achieve a sense of spontaneity
The Albertina draws on its outstanding collection and calls in some loans to show how the Old Masters made the most of working on tinted paper
As one of Europe’s greatest living painters turns 80, the Stedelijk and Van Gogh museums in Amsterdam split a show of his work between them
The novelist was a wandering soul, so what can his house in London – now celebrating its centenary as a museum – tell us about the man?
On the 125th anniversary of the birth of the Jamaican artist Edna Manley, we examine four sculptures carved from wood
The sinister corporation in the dystopian office drama really cares about art, but the paintings on the walls only highlight the workers’ sense of alienation rather than relieving it
