Everyone knows that the medieval masterpiece chronicles matters of high state, culminating in the Battle of Hastings, but its borders carry a much more riddling message
Businesses of all sizes might be forced to go back to basics if they want to survive
Paintings made during the struggle for unification and independence are a niche interest abroad, but a few gems have risen to the top
For decades, a famous collection of antiquities has led a reclusive existence in Rome – but now a rolling programme of conservation and display is earning them new admirers
Plus: Burnham softens stance on Parthenon Marbles | Trump administration threatens to demolish Kennedy Center | and more
Some 2,000 volunteers have moved a castle keep in Japan with only rope, rollers and muscle power – reminding Rakewell of other feats of home economy
These works from the collection of the Hamburger Kunsthalle brings home the sheer diversity of European modernism
Three perturbing films about the threat and the legacy of violence anchor this show of sculptures, watercolours and drawings at WIELS in Brussels
MASP dedicates five storeys of its new Pietro Maria Bardi building to a sprawling exhibition about the construction of identity in Latin America
One of the more shadowy artists of the Italian Renaissance gets a moment in the sun at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan
In Arles, the Uzbek artist Saodat Ismailova takes us into the world’s largest walnut forest, and explores the spell-binding power of ideology before and after the fall of the Soviet Union
A crop of films about being trapped inside the house by mysterious forces points to lingering post-pandemic fears and paranoia about the future
Burnham softens stance on Parthenon Marbles | Trump administration threatens to demolish Kennedy Center | and more
For the Surrealist, alcohol provided both an escape from reality and a commercial opportunity
Modernists regarded the Scandinavian style as a mere throwback, but it was much more radical than it was given credit for
While Capability Brown achieved a natural look with great artifice in England, French landscape gardens were overtly experimental fantasies
Plus: Mary Heilmann (1940–2026); Alison Jacques gallery sued for breach of contract
As a new jellyfish museum opens in Florida, Rakewell makes the case for the spineless wonders as a class of non-sentient performance artists
In Barcelona, the artist makes clear what won her the Joan Miró Prize: colourful abstraction, formal experimentation and a keen appreciation of texture
The Art Institute of Chicago captures the sweep of the photographer’s career, from experiments with Man Ray in Paris to post-war portraits of artists via her years in Cairo
Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge celebrates the art of the floral still life, from Édouard Vuillard to Louise Bourgeois to Hurvin Anderson
Ten beguiling French and German sculptures at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich present nature bronze in tooth and claw
The photographer behind the popular ‘I Spy’ picture-riddle children’s books talks to Apollo about the method behind his mind-boggling optical illusions
Robert Rauschenberg’s former home and studio in New York is on the market – a cause for dismay in some quarters. But is selling up always selling out?
