The restaurateur and writer won over both the smart set and the middle classes – and was a hero to Elizabeth David
The experience of migration is at the heart of the Vietnamese-American artist’s installation commissioned by the Dallas Museum of Art
Modern Art Oxford’s summer programme brings together performance, dance, installation art and music from artists from around the world
The Getty Villa in Los Angeles gives visitors an inside view of the restoration of an ancient bronze statue
The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin marks the sculptor’s birthday with a number of works that match her years
The sculptor's chandelier, now export-stopped by the UK government, once hung in the offices of Cyril Connolly’s Horizon magazine
The frock you can wear to everything has never gone out of style – but that hasn’t stopped designers trying to pull it off its pedestal
Spot Judith, Delilah, the Virgin Mary – and museum staff – in a monumental mural inspired by a 15th-century altarpiece
The Czech ceramicist works in the heart of a wood in Sweden where animals and insects are her main visitors
A display of counterfeit works offers an object lesson in what a masterpiece really is – but it could have had more fun with the subject
The social media site has had what Musk dubiously dubs an ‘art deco’ rebrand
The Argentinian artist sculpts anthropomorphic adobe ovens, which he uses to cook for local communities
Plus: two looted sculptures returned to Libya, the Dutch national photography museum to receive a new home, and the rest of the week’s top stories
The Art Institute of Chicago takes viewers on a journey into a world of Surreal imagination
The Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh stages the largest solo exhibition of the artist’s work to date
Modern and contemporary artists challenge romanticised visions of the American West
The British artist’s larger-than-life figures stand face to face with historical monuments
Historic England has followed Beyonce’s wise words and put a ring on it, as the iconic K8 phone box has been Grade II-listed
To mark the anniversary of Neil Armstrong stepping foot on the moon, we take a look at four objects inspired by our beloved satellite
The self-taught painter was hailed by the Surrealists as a master of ‘art naïf’ – but this exhibition makes clear that her work was rooted in the complex politics of her day
William Burges commissioned a singular piece of furniture with contributions from everyone who was anyone among his wide artistic acquaintance
The mythology-mad artist magics up textiles, paintings and sculptures while surrounded by Korean masks and other miscellany – including the ashes of her late dog, Chicho
The question of what makes a performer truly divine is at the heart of a rigorously researched exhibition at the V&A
A new generation of artists in the capital Antananarivo are boldly reinventing an emblem of national identity
