What can a bronze Han dynasty horse tell us about status anxiety and the afterlife? Ching-Ling Wang of the Rijksmuseum talks of grave matters
An Austrian museum is hosting a show by an unnamed artist – but perhaps this act of secrecy will help us see the work more clearly
In his paintings of landscapes and townscapes, the artist created scenes that are as psychologically complex as his portraits
The photographer’s first and most famous book quickly became a classic, but he would become sceptical about the power of still images
Plus: France signs lucrative culture deals with Saudi Arabia and Sotheby’s cuts more than 100 staff around the world
The Dutch artist’s floral paintings might look merely decorative but, as curator Bernd Ebert explains, they encapsulate a world of economic and scientific change in the early modern Netherlands
As a giant green apple reappears atop the Magritte Museum in Brussels, Rakewell wonders which other artists might benefit from the super-size treatment
The recent decision to close the meat market for good marks the end of a certain idea of the City of London and perhaps even Britain’s sense of itself
A chance to see how artists from Southern California and elsewhere are engaging with the climate emergency and ecological imbalance
Knowledge can be toxic, as this selection of killer manuscripts from the collection of the Walters Art Museum demonstrates
James Tissot’s gimlet-eyed depictions of women’s lives and fashions in 19th-century Paris and London are celebrated in Toronto
The Hammer Museum honours the artists who have poured blood, sweat, tears or other unusual substances into their work
An exhibition of work by the winner of the Max Mara Art Prize hints at the horror of the transatlantic slave trade
Fashion houses and other high-end brands are keener on art than ever before, but who really benefits from the relationship?
Rubens’s technical skill and attention to detail give The Garden of Love its heightened sense of erotic potential
An imaginative exhibition in The Hague stresses how much the fashion house still owes to its founder
Plus: Jasleen Kaur wins this year’s Turner Prize; and Vancouver Art Gallery scraps plans for new Herzog & de Meuron-designed building
The true gift of the author of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ was to see the world like a child and blur the line between dreams and reality
Playing Michelangelo in a new BBC docudrama about the artist’s turbulent time in Florence, Dance delivers more than a performance – he channels the divine
This show at the Vancouver Art Gallery captures the inventiveness of Eastern European artists during the Cold War
Many artists have taken a page out of Charles Baudelaire’s book – specifically his poetry collection ‘Les fleurs du mal’, which has inspired countless artworks
American women have sewn countless impressive works over the centuries, while weaving the cultural norms of the time into the fabric
The artist walks the line between art and science – and reconciles the cosmic with the intimate – in this ambitious show at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Preparations for this 700-year-old tradition, which ushers in a special year of forgiveness for Catholics, are nearing completion. Will it all be worth it?
