A world-class collection gets a revealing but all-too-rare moment in the spotlight
The artist was admired by the likes of Frederick Douglass and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in her lifetime, but after a period of fame she sank into obscurity – and this landmark survey is long overdue
The artist’s writhing sculptures have invaded unusual spaces, from central London to the set of ‘Wuthering Heights’
Picasso’s influence on the American artist is in evidence in these 100 paintings, sculptures and painted objects
A major travelling survey of the Guyanese-British artist opens in its third and last version in London
The painter and engraver who counted Bosch, Dürer and Michelangelo among his admirers is the subject of this exhibition at the Louvre
The opening of this show in Antwerp, which celebrates the power of colour, is sure to be a red-letter day for lovers of scarlet and vermilion
From her shoe hat to her skeleton dress, the couturier’s playful creations show why she felt so at home with the avant-garde artists of her day
Relooted is a video game that allows players to pull off heists and reclaim artefacts – and doubles up as a short history of African art
Caravaggio’s portrait of a future Pope and a mannerist painting for the Met are among the most important works to have entered public collections recently
A 15th-century painting of Saint Jerome that has been worn away by devotional kisses reminds Rakewell of other works that have been loved not wisely but too well
The Fitzwilliam Museum bottles the painter’s brilliance in 11 works that reveal his growing mastery over the last six decades
Lina Bo Bardi’s original MASP museum building is a masterpiece and a cleverly conceived new extension leaves it free to operate as originally intended
Looking past the strictures of genre to judge a work on its own merits can yield great rewards, as an exhibition of Michaelina Wautier’s work attests
The city has long been synonymous with finance, fashion and design, but it is increasingly banking on art too
The Shiraz grape is native to France, but it has longstanding links with Persian courtly life and culture
Established in 1852 by three brothers, the Alinari firm produced many of the oldest photographs of Italy and have left behind a vast archive in Florence
The painter’s townscape of the Dominican church in Vienna shows why he more than lived up to the reputation of his uncle Canaletto
The idea of the beautiful and the damned ugly is a longstanding one, but a problematic one – in art as well as life
The twists and turns of the artist’s career make for a thrilling display at Tate Modern
The French architect is famous for adding a spire to Notre-Dame, but he hit other heights too – and his misses are just as revealing
Michael Hall’s new book explores the role played by queer culture in preserving country houses for the nation
The C Comics drawn by the artist with words by New York School writers are a call to unconformity
There is no shortage of material, but quality is another thing – which makes the best work command high prices and means that collectors have to get creative
