The New York museum’s relationship with Pop art goes back to the beginning, as this exhibition attests
To mark 189 years since the death of the influential English clown Joseph Grimaldi, we look at four artworks that explore professional japery through the ages
A 17th-century fresco by Giacinto Platania in Catania’s cathedral captures an eruption that lasted for 122 days
Kane Parsons’s debut horror film takes an internet meme about unsettling, utterly mundane spaces and gives it a gothic twist
The co-founder of Old Masters gallery Lullo Pampoulides talks to Apollo about the importance of fairs, what happened after Brexit and the collapse of the mid market
The Bauhaus teacher Herbert Bayer built up an exceptional art collection, which is about to come to auction – and this minimalist drawing by Mathias Goeritz is one of its prize lots
Ana María Bresciani of the Munchmuseet explains how Edvard Munch turned the canteen of an Oslo chocolate factory into a de facto gallery of modern art
Plus: plans for President Trump’s triumphal arch have been approved; Lord Sainsbury has donated £91.2m to the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich; and the founding director of EMST in Athens has died
Blockbuster sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips for bona fide masterpieces suggest that the market may be headed upwards
When the work goes on display at the British Museum in September, visitors will have 40 minutes to look at it
This exhibition at the New York Historical argues that for all the importance of the ‘Founding Fathers’, we ought not to forget the radical contributions of the founding mothers and sisters
This retrospective at the Guggenheim Bilbao does justice to the painter’s genius for mining well-known signs, symbols and shapes for new meaning
It’s not just the content of the French artist’s films and installations that’s unsettling – it’s also how they are made
The Prado explores the influence of the Italian painters who took their painterly innovations to Spain in the 14th century
This snapshot of contemporary American art is undoubtedly messy and unintentionally revealing
For 10 years, the photographer Clémentine Schneidermann and creative director Charlotte James have worked with young people in the South Wales Valleys on a fashion project with a real sense of place
A rare snuffbox made by Louis XV’s goldsmith and a floral still life by Bernardo Strozzi are among this month’s highlights
As the Chelsea Flower Show in London continues in full bloom, we explore four artworks that celebrate floral life in its many forms
An 18th-century gathering was nothing without a table full of roast hare, yellowhammer pies and truffle-stuffed turkeys
Will Wiles applauds the witty cartoons of Alan Dunn, a keen observer of architectural modishness
The market for furniture by mid-century designers is as sturdy as a Jean Prouvé table or a hippo-cum-drinks cabinet by the Lalannes
Plus: French parliament slams state of museum security | Nazi-looted painting found in home of Dutch SS commander’s family | Wellcome Collection hands over Jain manuscripts to UK Jain community | Valie Export (1940–2026) | Bruno Bischofberger (1940–2026)
A poll designed to determine Britain’s favourite butterfly reminds Rakewell that lepidoptera are nature’s paintings – and artists have long been drawn to them
The Met Cloisters presents a menagerie of objects that demonstrate the role of imaginary beasts in people’s everyday lives from 500–1500
