Though museums use them to provide more information, QR codes can conceal as much as they reveal
Plus: Manhattan DA returns 31 antiquities to Spain, Italy and Hungary, and Kasmin Gallery announces its closure
With the late Queen's Range Rover set to go to auction, Rakewell explores the weirder fates that have befallen the cars of heads of state
Among this month’s highlights are a brooding self-portrait by Spilliaert and a masterpiece of late gothic sculpture
The Towner Eastbourne celebrates the many artists who have been inspired by the county since the 19th century
CaixaForum borrows masterworks from the Prado to demonstrate the flair and vivacity of the master and his influence on his peers and pupils
Dynamic machines come to life alongside intricate drawings at Geneva’s Musée Rath to mark the centenary of the artist’s birth
Artists and scientists have been equally committed observers of nature, as this exhibition at the National Gallery of Art makes clear
The broadcaster and new president of the Twentieth Century Society talks about conserving the built environment and making people feel it matters
From copious writings to portraits, decorative arts and more, the monarch left behind a rich cultural legacy
The grain originated in pre-Columbian Mexico but became so highly prized in Italy that it made its way into paintings, plays and more
If you’ve ever wanted to curate your own museum, pretend to be a Medici patron or infiltrate the Louvre, these are the games for you
The artist mixed making abstract sculpture with populist public commissions. As her reputation soars, her generosity of spirit is as apparent as her inventiveness
Plus: Sotheby’s has returned gems linked to the Buddha to India; and the artist, playwright and theatre director Robert Wilson has died at the age of 83
The Star Wars mogul has always had an unusual approach to collecting, but his new museum makes clear that his art is in the right place
Les Plaisirs du bal is a masterpiece set apart by its meticulous, poetic handling of light and shade
These 30 vivid watercolours at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. capture the grandeur and variety of the American landscape
The Ashmolean presents the fruits of the 30-year collaboration between the artist and the Radiohead singer
Cats have left their mark – sometimes literally – on manuscripts from all over the world, as this show at the Walters Art Museum reveals
Revered by the Impressionists, this master of light and atmosphere gets a survey at the National Gallery in London
By constantly reworking her carefully chosen surfaces, the Azerbaijani artist captures something very real about the workings of personal and cultural memory
After an avant-garde start, the Australian painter upped sticks to rural New South Wales and began painting life on the farm
Wasps have a terrible image problem but a new exhibition highlighting their design abilities should help us get over our horror
The artist’s sculptures and installations acknowledge and stand up to the lavish interiors of the Galleria Borghese in equal measure
