The artist’s later work is usually regarded as apolitical but, as the Stick Men paintings show, he produced some of his most savage work after the war
The Museo Nacional del Prado examines representations of and attitudes towards the country’s Jewish population in the Middle Ages
A Regency torchère and a recently rediscovered work by Francisco de Zurbarán are among the most remarkable works to enter public collections
The opening of a whole new suite of galleries means that Scottish artists now have the same status as the museum’s Old Masters
Seven leading curators, art advisors and gallerists look back on the launch of the London event and consider how relevant it is today
The painter was often forthright in his rejection of the old world – but it’s time to reconsider his European influences
The shortlisted artists highlight the fragility of the existing order, with the best of them upending what we expect from a show in a gallery
The architect’s highly ornamented designs have more in common with the work of his European peers
Sameer Rahim is impressed by a 16th-century Iranian manuscript illustrating a Sufi poem of seduction and spiritualism
Kirsty Sinclair Dootson shows that a history of colour processes is also a history of shifts in society
The history of Palestinian dress is inseparable from that of the nation itself – and now the subject of an invaluable exhibition
To mark the painter’s 300th birthday, the Box in Plymouth is staging a thoughtful show that encourages us to look beyond the obvious
In the year’s most unusual tribute to the modernist master, the artist is taking over the museum dedicated to him and filling it with her personal belongings
The London-based jewellery artist uses antique forms to challenge received notions of preciousness
A new initiative combines adventurous winemaking with an unusual form of art philanthropy
Pastries topped with taxidermy and lavish decoration were the inspiration for elaborate tureen dishes, masterpieces of the goldsmith’s craft
The adjective 'Rubenesque' was coined in the 19th century, but there’s rather more to the female figures in his paintings than acres of flesh
Art Basel’s newest offshoot returns to the French capital with a public programme that is free and open to everyone
The sighting of the first beaver kit born in the London area in more than 400 years is a bright spot in the landscape – and a lesson to policymakers everywhere
Objects belonging to the French branch of the family are being sold by Christie’s this month – and they’re likely to wow US collectors
Plus: Buddha sculpture stolen from Bakarat Gallery, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco sues its architect, and the rest of the week's top stories
Emerging in France in the 1720s, this new style gave artists free rein to be as over the top as they liked
