While Peter Strickland’s most recent feature sends up sound artists, Georgina Starr’s short makes for a more challenging listen
George II gave his god-daughter a decorative silver bowl that was later put to surprisingly practical use
The artist’s mastery of unusual materials gave her a real edge over her peers
Robert Bevan’s call to require a lot less from our public monuments has much to recommend it
The painter’s house in Suffolk now tells a compelling story about his formative influence
The wines of the Veneto need no introduction, but it’s worth getting to know the ones produced inside the city itself
Giorgio Vasari’s famous collection of Renaissance drawings was dispersed after his death, and scholars have been trying track down its contents for centuries
The fin-de-siècle movement fired up the imaginations of avant-garde ceramicists across Europe
The artist’s excoriating images have long set the standard for political satire
No one could accuse the painter of flattering his subjects, but he was certainly painstaking about capturing them on canvas
As the artist prepares for his show at the Hayward Gallery, he talks about using the remains of today to reimagine the past
While the painter’s designs for the Decius Mus cycle were used to create several sets of tapestries, the version now in Kilkenny Castle in Ireland is in a class of its own
A new book turns the staple into a star and unscrambles its significance beyond the kitchen
Street lights, kiosks and benches are easy to ignore, but they can make all the difference to how a city look and feels
Northern Renaissance paintings and art nouveau designs are among the highlights of the Brussels fair when it returns at the end of January
Working in an Italian city with no Roman past allowed painters and sculptors to put their own spin on classical antiquity
Exhibitions to look forward to include some major retrospectives and shows that pick up where the Venice Biennale left off
After the uncertainty of the pandemic, the art market bounced back in 2022, but what challenges will the new year bring?
The prospect of more towering edifices on the horizon is hardly cheering, but there are more grounded projects to look forward to
Joshua Reynolds, Sarah Bernhardt and Pablo Picasso are all being celebrated in anniversary events this year
The artist rifles through archives and our collective imaginations to reshape what we think we know about the past
The Slovakian sculptor poured and moulded plaster into creations that evoke the body and the natural world in equal measure
A disappointingly static display at the V&A will make you long for the stage
The Swiss artist maintains a strict working schedule to make the most of the daylight hours and keeps the writings of W.G. Sebald and Patti Smith close to hand
