Paleoart and dioramas are designed to depict prehistory and the natural world – but what they really reveal are our own hopes and fears
The historic city has suffered major damage, but the worst unkindness we could offer it now is to write it off as 'destroyed'
Ethical questions about art arise on a seemingly weekly basis. It's time for museums to invest in sustained, open-ended research
'Painting India' at the Hepworth Wakefield includes many of the artist's most engaging and joyful paintings
This month's acquisitions include a major collection of African art, a treasure from Queen Victoria's personal collection, and a beautiful 18th-century landscape
The French footballer-cum-actor has his heart set on opening a museum in Sardinia
Archaeological discoveries at Greenwich are rare – which makes finding the remains of the Tudor palace even more significant
They don’t make collectors like Francesco Federico Cerruti any more. Or do they?
Alistair Hudson and Elisabeth Callihan ask whether today's museums could be more useful
The city's cultural ambitions are growing in the run-up to the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage
Will increased restrictions on the internet in China be too much for new media artists?
The greatest Gothic Revival building in the world is facing catastrophe unless MPs clear out
As male Surrealists depicted women as muses, sphinxes, and goddesses, women Surrealists sought to turn this imagery on its head
Studio potters continue to push the boundaries of their medium in Britain
Art news daily : 17 August
August Sander’s photographs and Otto Dix’s paintings take an unflinching look at Weimar Germany
Art news daily : 16 August
Pore over Matisse's prized possessions and get a glimpse into Lawrence Alma-Tadema's home at these fascinating exhibitions
Art news daily : 14 August
Carolee Schneemann talks about capturing the moment – and explains why 'performance art' is a demeaning term
This is an exhibition targeted at the senses more than the brain, more Star Wars than Stalker
Very few panel paintings by the Italian Trecento artist survive. Currently, all of them are at the National Gallery in London
There are plenty of events opening in the coming months, from Bamako's photography festival to the sprawling, 'borderless' BienalSur
Is D.H. Lawrence's account of the archaeological sites of Etruria still relevant today?
