Emerging in France in the 1720s, this new style gave artists free rein to be as over the top as they liked
The Royal Collection has found a work from the artist’s London years reveals as much about its patron as about the painter
The Bahraini artist only spends about two hours a day in his airy studio – but that focused time is all he needs
Ahead of a retrospective at Tate Britain, the artist tells Apollo that swapping the city for rural Suffolk has led her to more primordial themes
While #romanempire has more than a billion view on TikTok, some of us only have eyes for the TV adaptation of ’I Claudius’ – and regrets about the Roman Republic
Plus: curator in Florida fired over provenance concerns, Guy Wildenstein on trial again in Paris, and the rest of the week's top stories
The artist’s compilation of entrances and exits in the movies takes viewers deep into a labyrinth – and leaves us to find our own way out
The Musée de Cluny explores the many uses of the translucent rock throughout history: from the decorative to the spiritual and scientific
The Louvre-Lens in Pas de Calais traces the spellbinding history of mythical creatures in art
The Italian painter’s woven designs had a profound influence on Flemish tapestry art
For painters from Jan van Eyck to Philip Guston, the act of signing a finished work is much more than a simple assertion of authorship
The market for paintings by the likes of John Craxton and John Minton – and Paul Nash in pastoral mode – is having an idyllic time
The end of summer might provoke sadness for some but the changing colours of the landscape have captivated artists for centuries
Effective rehabilitation requires offenders to imagine themselves differently – and finding a creative outlet can certainly help with that
The Flemish master’s nuanced approach to female representation is plain to see at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
The painter works on several pieces at a time with the occasional break to use her skipping rope
The second edition of the event aims to reach the widest possible audience with a programme of free events
In the Neue Nationalgalerie’s celebration of the sculptor’s 75th birthday, modernity is never what it used to be
The country’s national pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2023 explores how architecture has shaped social structures and communities
Achim Gnann of the Albertina Museum gets to grips with sketches that show the artist embracing a dynamic new style
