The under-representation of women by commercial art galleries helps depress their prices. How can this change?
What are the key ingredients for success, and what role do Western traditions play, in emerging art scenes and markets?
The Sheffield gallery’s show of works by Susan Hiller, Georgina Starr and Elizabeth Price takes a reflective turn
The late couturier, photographer, art collector and ‘showman’ was a master of harnessing the power of the image
The Museum of Jurassic Technology is full of natural and man-made curiosities that inspire genuine wonder
Federal museums were closed for more than a month during the recent shutdown. What can they do to protect themselves in the future?
The museum’s director, Taco Dibbits, is making the most of the most comprehensive collection of Rembrandts in the world
The bicentenary of the great Victorian critic’s birth is an occasion to consider how well his ideas have stood the test of time
With an ambitious digitisation project, Art UK aims to foster appreciation of an art form that is sometimes overlooked
The rare Yoruba artefact would mean more in a new museum in Lagos than it does in storage at the British Museum
It’s not just the Old Masters that get spots – small bumps have started to erupt on modern paintings
The Turner Prize-winning artist explains why she finds digital flotsam and jetsam so fascinating
As auction houses and galleries branch out into magazines, videos and other media, is the traditional catalogue becoming obsolete?
The Florentine painter’s Visitation is at the centre of this small but spellbinding display
The ancient mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun deserves to be much better known
The French draughtsman’s fantasies seem as bizarre today as they did 200 years ago
John Ruskin, Paul Nash and a host of more recent artists have found geology a rich seam to mine
The British sculptor was a great talent in his own right and a dedicated teacher
The last phase of the museum’s makeover gives its Egyptian, East Asian and ceramic collections a chance to shine
A series of pared-back monotypes and drawings signals a new phase in the artist’s work
There’s more to these sets of human remains than bandages, amulets and curses
From ancient art to Old Masters, Koons’ engagement with history is only skin deep – and that’s the point
A new online database reveals how before photography, watercolours were used as visual records
American art ceramics haven’t received as much attention as they deserve, but a major gift to the Met is changing this
