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Venezia 500: The Gentle Revolution of Venetian Painting
How the Italian city became a site of stylistic innovation
On a scroll – Chinese classical painting is finding new favour
From the November 2023 issue of Apollo. Preview and subscribe here. The twin brush arts of calligraphy and painting first developed…
Are auction houses starting to run out of steam?
Disappointing results for a series of sales in London suggest the market may not be as healthy as Frieze made it seem
Is Denmark Street really London’s Tin Pan Alley?
Once famous as the home of music publishers and recording studios, Denmark Street has adapted to a changing city but never lost its soul
Crowning glories – a new home for the Spanish royal collection
After 17 years of construction, the Gallery of the Royal Collections in Madrid is open at last – and ready to tell a triumphalist tale
What Renoir saw by the sea in Guernsey
Nearly a century and a half after the painter’s trip to the Channel Islands, his paintings of Guernsey can now be compared to the actual views
The modern-day collectors who want to build their own cabinets of curiosities
Wonders that were once prized by Renaissance princes still inspire plenty of awe
The week in art news – Swiss museum asked to cancel Cézanne sale
Plus: France and German set up a joint fund to research colonial provenance and hoard of coins with links to the Glencoe massacre discovered in Scotland
Flower power – is Damien Hirst blooming again at Frieze?
While the artist led collectors down the garden path at Gagosian’s sell-out booth, more pleasing floral arrangements can be found at Frieze Masters
La Serenissima: Drawing in 18th Century Venice
The Courtauld takes a tour of the famously serene city through artworks from its collection
The Brazilian artists who believed in leisure – and wanted to change the world
The film-maker Neville d’Almeida recalls his friendship with Hélio Oiticica and how they broke down the barriers between work and play and between film and art
Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain and the Origins of Fauvism
The Met museum shows how summer spent in a fishing village in France changed the course of French painting
The Treasury of Notre Dame: From its Origins to Viollet-le-Duc
Illuminated medieval manuscripts, relics and paintings tell the history of the cathedral through to its renovation in the 19th century
Gabriele Münter: Retrospective
The Leopold Museum in Vienna examines the life and work of the great German Expressionist who was at the heart of the European avant-garde
Fired up – Daniel Katz on his passion for Islamic pottery
The dealer has made his name through antiquities, Old Master sculptures and modern British art – but when it comes to his own collection, it’s the Islamic world that sets his heart alight
Rebuilding Baghdad – in the new instalment of Assassin’s Creed
Dr Glaire Anderson of Edinburgh University explains how she helped bring Islamic art and architecture to life for the latest version of the video game
Frieze week highlights: breast-feeding goddesses and poetry in performance
Paintings of women by Rubens at Dulwich Picture Gallery and an installation by Julianknxx at the Barbican are among the shows not to miss this year
Frieze week highlights: calligraphic paintings and serene still lifes
More than 100 works by the painter Frank Walter are on show at the Garden Museum while the Foundling Museum pairs contemporary works with its historic holdings
Frieze week highlights: fast fashion and Georgian light displays
Shopping bag installations by the Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury and an illuminated display at the Soane Museum are among the shows not to miss this year
Frieze week highlights: West African masks and New York bohemia
Sculptures and textiles by Yinka Shonibare are paired with works by artists from across the African diaspora at Stephen Friedman’s new Cork Street gallery
How healthy is London’s contemporary art market?
The first Frieze Art Fair in 2003 made the capital cool again – but how much does it matter now, 20 years on?
UK government publishes ‘retain and explain’ policy for controversial statues
Plus: Carnegie Museum of Natural History will no longer show humans remains and US tourist smashes Roman statues in the Israel Museum
Christie’s is getting into the ghostbusting business
Rakewell is delighted to hear that director Ivan Reitman’s art collection is heading to auction this November, but wonders whether his tastes might have been haunted by his blockbuster hit
Nicole Eisenman: What Happened
The French-American painter takes a humorous approach to tackling socio-political issues
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