If you’re missing the excitement of Royal Ascot, here is a selection of artworks that capture the fervour and spectacle of horse racing
Plus: the National Audit Office has warned that further delays to renovating the Houses of Parliament could make the building ‘uninhabitable’
Burdened by poor health in later life, the artist would have been forgiven for slowing down – but there was no stopping him
Josef Frank and Oskar Wlach’s Villa Beer was used by British intelligence after the Second World War – and is now open to general inspection
The sculptor knows something about scale, which, as he tells Apollo, is ‘the most mysterious, strange, poetic thing’
An error-strewn first edition of Wuthering Heights that is set to sell for at least £400,000 reminds Rakewell of the joys of unorthodox spelling
A chance to see highlights from one of the world’s greatest collections of prints and drawings, from Dürer’s hare to contemporary works
The famous painting of Celia Birtwell and Ossie Clark and their cat took Hockney a year to complete. A perfect summing up of 60s bohemianism, it is a brilliant example of the artist’s ability to respond to his times
Doing justice to the artist’s monumental ambitions in an indoor space is a tall order, but the Hayward Gallery is taking up the challenge
The Warburg Institute returns to its roots with a sound installation and playful visions of a fictional century-old research faculty
The abstract painter was always fascinated by the figurative and, as this show at the Art Institute of Chicago makes clear, his draughtsmanship is still underrated
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When David Hockney wrote a book arguing that many Old Master painters used optical devices, the idea was hotly debated by art historians. In 2010, he talked to Martin Gayford about his unorthodox and firmly held belief
Masterpieces by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera have a rare outing in Mexico City this summer, but their impending move to Spain has raised hackles
To mark 100 years since the death of Mary Cassatt, who rendered women’s spaces with warmth, empathy and psychological detail, we explore four mother-and-child works from very different traditions
The wine producer Ornellaia has commissioned the artist to create labels for its 2023 vintage – an apt choice, given her interest in full-bodied transformations
The Austrian museum dedicated to works on paper is celebrating its anniversary by looking back to its founders – and hatching big plans for the future
Anti-German sentiment during the First World War meant that German-born Jewish collectors such as Ludwig Mond and the Beit brothers have little name-recognition in Britain today
The New York Historical tries to picture everyday life in Dutch-owned New York, with varying degrees of success
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The plans of Berlin’s Volksbühne to install a swimming pool outside its front steps prompts Rakewell to consider other theatres that have made a feature out of water
The David Geffen Galleries are a bold answer to the problem of the ‘universal’ museum, with an emphasis on looking at the works rather than reading about them
The Courtauld’s selection of sculptures, drawings and paintings explores how deeply Hepworth thought about form, colour and space
Audiences in Paris have six weeks to catch a vivid reimagining of a crossroads in Egypt’s colonial history
