Ignacio Zuloaga was once as celebrated as Sorolla, but the artist’s searching paintings soon fell out of favour after his death
In the Hungarian artist’s first exhibition in the United States, the Art Institute of Chicago presents works of cameraless photography and a geometric sculpture
Intricate automata made for Chinese emperors are travelling from the Palace Museum in Beijing to the Science Museum in London
Paintings commissioned for the gallerist’s apartment in Paris have been reunited for the first time in nearly a century
From pieces of furniture to works of conceptual art, an exhibition in Milan reveals that folding screens are functional, adaptable and always divisive
Peter Watkins’ 1974 film is no ordinary portrait of the artist – and feels more current than ever as the art-historical canon is up for debate
Two hundred years after the painter’s death, his work still has the power to shock and his life remains shrouded in mystery
After the demolition of some of Chicago’s best architecture, what lies in store for postmodernist landmark the James R. Thompson Center now that Google owns it?
When it comes to Belgian Surrealism, Magritte still leads the pack – but collectors’ tastes are begin to broaden
What did Agnes Martin, Ellsworth Kelly and Lenore Tawney have in common? They all lived cheek by jowl in a wharfside district of Manhattan
Plus: art dealer Brent Sikkema found dead in Brazil | Scottish museums face funding crisis
After the sale of the first The Amazing Spider-Man’ comic for $1.4m, Rakewell suggests that when it comes to the big screen, Marvel should tap into its spidey-sense again
Modern Two in Edinburgh is celebrating the centenary of the birth of the Scottish Pop art icon
To kick off its centenary celebrations, the Morgan Library & Museum in New York is putting on a show of as-yet-unseen photographs from its collection
A miniature copy of the Apollo Belvedere and a Mesoamerican jade statuette are among the most important works to have entered public collections last month
The Court of Appeal's recent ruling in a copyright case has caused a good deal of excitement, but its relevance to reproductions of artworks remains to be seen
The Estonian artist stretched materials to their limit to create wonderfully distressed and disturbing sculptures
This year’s edition of the Brussels fair is full of dreamlike offerings from new exhibitors and stalwarts of the event alike
What constitutes a delicacy has changed over the centuries, but dining on camel is still a rare luxury
William Theiss takes a close look at the pocket-sized sculptures that 15th-century pilgrims thought perfect for private reverie
After a mid-century dip in enthusiasm, the demand for exceptional pieces of design seems irrepressible
The painter is in no need of rediscovery at home, but her painstaking depictions of everyday life deserve to be better known abroad
Plus: artists in Berlin protest against funding requirement to sign anti-Semitism clause | and Freeman’s and Hindman auction houses are to merge
When it comes to miniatures, size doesn’t matter, but a show of historic and contemporary works should spark a bigger colonial conversation
