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A brief guide to duelling versions of The Three Musketeers
Eva Green steals every scene in the new version of Alexandre Dumas’s novel – but the new film is just the latest in a long line of swashbuckling adaptations
The magnificent art of Marisol
The Pop sculptor shot to fame in the 1960s, but her determination not to be pigeonholed confounded many critics
The designers getting creative with restaurant posters
Poster art has become a crucial part of the experience provided by more creative eateries
British Museum report into thefts recommends reforms – and deputy director Jonathan Williams is leaving
Plus: the new president of Argentina has abolished the ministry of culture | and Notre-Dame is to reopen in December 2024
Not so much a doll’s house, more a practical guide to running a great house
Far from being a toy, the Uppark doll’s house was designed as an instruction manual in three-dimensional form
The changing face of beauty through the ages
The Wellcome Collection’s sprawling show has a lot in common with a busy department store and proves that the beauty industry can be an exhausting business
Russian billionaire and Swiss art dealer finally settle nine-year legal dispute
Plus: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts restitutes 44 antiquities | Jesse Darling wins the Turner Prize | and more art news
Christmas Tree Installation 2023: Power Plant
The V&A’s annual festive commission is a four-metre-tall kinetic sculpture by design duo Isabel + Helen
The Neapolitan Crèche
A spectacular baroque nativity scene featuring some 200 figures is now on show at the Art Institute of Chicago
Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche
A presepio scene by the sculptor Giuseppe Sanmartino is paired with a 20-foot-tree at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Christmas at the Jägerhof
The Museum of Saxon Folk Art in Dresden is exploring regional festive traditions – not least the elaborate shadow plays from the town of Sebnitz
In the studio with… Agnieszka Pilat
The Polish artist who works with Elon Musk and takes her robot for walks believes in technology, but has other idols too
The repeat performances of Robert Ryman
The artist painted countless variations of a white square, but repetitive strain was never really an issue
Four things to see: Christmas
From a festive snapshot to a paper angel, we’ve picked four objects that make up the perfect Christmas day
The sacred heart of Notre-Dame
The cathedral’s glittering 19th-century reliquaries are among the treasures that have taken up temporary residence at the Louvre
Shane MacGowan and the most famous shipwreck in art
The Pogues frontman and the Romantic painter are forever linked by a classic album cover – and much more besides
British prime minister snubs Greek prime minister over Parthenon marbles
Plus: Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023) | Dutch museum returns Scythian gold artefacts to Ukraine | and the rest of the week’s art news
What would Pericles want for the Parthenon marbles?
After a week when the British prime minister has realised that Greece would quite like the Parthenon marbles back, it’s worth taking a longer view
Acquisitions of the Month: November 2023
A terracotta relief by Donatello and a vanishingly rare set of 16th-century silverware are among this month’s highlights
The magazine that wanted to remake architecture
An exhibition at RIBA reveals how, in the 1960s, Architectural Review took a radical stand for planning that focused on people
The Mexican manuscript that reveals the wonders of the Aztec world
Created by a Spanish missionary and Indigenous authors and artists in the 16th century, the Florentine Codex is an intellectual feat – and now available to all
Chiharu Shiota weaves her magic for Mouton Rothschild
The Japanese artist is the latest to take on the prestigious commission to design the vineyard’s label, it was announced today
Women Dressing Women: A Lineage of Female Fashion Design
This exhibition drawn from the holdings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art features pieces by more than 70 female makers and designers
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The retouching of Diana Cecil’s portrait has drawn comparisons with the enhancements of Kylie Jenner – but it says more about changing beauty standards