Two restored masterpieces – one vast in scale, the other intimate – are being shown together for the first time to give us fresh insights into ‘the first light of Renaissance painting’
Ancient vessels are still highly prized around the world, but Chinese buyers are the most committed collectors today
Choudhary’s array of Mughal-era jewellery and artefacts is intertwined with the history of Jaipur – and helps inspire his own contemporary designs
As Trump 2.0 makes its presence felt, the art market is feeling nervous about new trade barriers – and reluctant to talk about the subject in public
Plus: Native American painter Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has died at the age of 85 | Dutch police name suspects in theft of Romanian gold
This major survey at the Rijksmuseum includes early daguerreotypes, post-war photography, adverts, postcards and more
Monet was a keen collector of Japanese woodblock prints and held Hokusai in high esteem, as this show in Minneapolis attests
This exhibition at the Barbican shows that, before his untimely death in 2015, the painter captured a remarkable range of Black lives in America
To mark the 200th anniversary of the artist’s birth, a suite of his landscape studies is paired with selected watercolours at the Whitworth
The late, great singer had noble origins – and the way she negotiated the machinations of Warhol’s Factory would put most courtiers to shame
The Great Pompeii project has more than lived up to the name, but it’s now time for a period of conservation and consolidation
Though clearly influenced by Caravaggio, the Spanish painter rendered saints and sinners in a ferocious style all of his own
Rachel Cohen talks to Apollo about the reissue of ‘A Chance Meeting’, her inventive account of more than a century of artistic endeavour in the United States
The designer’s wallpaper patterns are so familiar that they’re in danger of being taken for granted – but there’s still plenty to discover if we look more closely
Tim Blanning’s masterful biography demonstrates that the despotic ruler of Saxony and Poland was rubbish at war, but had absolutely fabulous taste in art
Figurative art is on the up and up but that doesn’t mean that every painting of a person is a literal depiction
After a period of pandalessness and at the end of a momentous week in the nation’s capital, the Smithsonian National Zoo presented two new visitors from China to the public
A retrospective by the textile artist is wonderfully open to interpretation, with works so inviting you might want to throw yourself at them
Plus: Artnet founder to retire after three decades | painter Jo Baer has died at the age of 95 | and insurers refuse pay out to owners of fake Basquiats
The Nelson-Atkins Museum presents recent photographic acquisitions that explore community and tradition in the United States
During Slovenia’s period of national emancipation artists absorbed influences from Western Europe while retaining a distinctive style
From colourful landscapes to quasi-cubist works, Brazilian art in the mid 20th century was full of verve
The buildings are reaching 'a worrying level of obsolescence’, writes Laurence des Cars to the French minister of culture, Rachida Dati
Artefacts looted by British soldiers from the Asante kingdom in the 19th century can now be seen in Ghana, but are loans from UK museums nearly enough?
