The 17th-century painter developed a reputation for creating drama on and off the canvas
With its combination of visual splendour and complex allegory, the marble pavement of Siena Cathedral is one of the most enticing of all Renaissance masterpieces
By brightening up corporate spaces, employers are trying to tempt remote workers back to business as usual
From Scipione Borghese to Peggy Guggenheim, collectors have long supported the careers of the world’s most influential artists
This beaded seat represents the might of a monarch – and his global reach, says Kristen Windmuller-Luna of the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Fitzwilliam Museum takes a critical eye to its colonial past through a wide-ranging exploration of the slave trade
The Green Vault in Dresden has received a baroque chess set for its 300th birthday, plus the rest of the most important items to enter public collections
The Museum of Modern Art reveals how the all-American painter captured the spirit of the post-war era
The Cleveland Museum of Art journeys through the art of the southern province of Jianghan
The artist’s colourful paintings have transformed Turner Contemporary inside and out
When institutions try to offer something to everyone do they risk spreading themselves too thin?
Gwen John and the contemporary artist Matthew Krishanu found comfort in a shared composition
When it came to designing stained-glass windows, Henry Holiday was more than a match for his friend Edward Burne-Jones
A convivial collaboration between the American artist and a saké brewery is refreshing stuff
Under its new director Christine Macel, the historic museum full of masterpieces of French design is entering a brand new era
The national museum of immigration has a new mission – but it’s still housed in a building haunted by France’s colonial ghosts
It’s hard to say who, exactly, the Normans were – but even harder to make them out as a model migrants and proto-Europeans as a string of recent exhibitions has tried to do
An understanding of theatrical culture in the 18th century is vital for understanding the most important painters of the period
The reinvention of the Museum of Childhood as Young V&A has been a great success. Should more institutions follow its example and become younger at heart?
An old-fashioned way of bringing in cakes and custards is beginning to feel rather modern again
The Library of Congress’s Literary Costume Ball has set Rakewell thinking about the pros and cons of taking sartorial inspiration from famous authors
An exhibition in Vienna tackles the involvement of Jewish players in some of Europe’s oldest clubs – and how those clubs acknowledge this history
Plus: South-east Asian countries are demanding return of looted objects from Denver Art Museum, and the rest of the week’s top stories
The Getty Center makes a case for the critic and photographer’s important role in the development of art history in his home country
