Lucy Ellmann is troubled by an eerily realistic 19th-century painting of a cat behind bars
Hearing that the gallery is no longer hosting its usual bacchanal at Art Basel Miami Beach this year, Rakewell wonders whether White Cube has gone square
Plus: Italian police uncover a pan-European network of art forgers; and the British Museum receives a gift of Chinese ceramics worth £1bn
The museum holds the world’s largest collection of Japanese art outside Japan itself – and now has suitably meditative spaces to match
A show of photographs and Pop art-inspired prints by Corita Kent displays the artist’s fun side but plays down her political fervour
North-eastern France contains the largest number of war memorials in the country and a museum in Meaux is making an unusual new contribution
The language we use to describe the sweet course at the end of a meal is more revealing than we think
A prize-winning documentary about France’s return of 26 looted objects from Benin is a haunting tale
On the 350th anniversary of the death of John Milton, we examine four artworks that explore themes of desire, temptation, rebellion and loss
The artist’s depictions of life in West Germany after the war are playful in form but deeply sarcastic under the surface
Photography largely wiped out the trend for miniatures, but the genre still says much about how we relate to images today
Christian Boltanski’s installation at the Museo per la Memoria di Ustica is a stark tribute to the victims of an unsolved tragedy
More and more artists are partnering with online platforms to sell limited editions of their work – and it’s paying off handsomely, for now
An insider account by a former head of Sotheby’s in the UK recounts how London’s post-war art market took off in the 1950s and has kept on reinventing itself
As his 24-hour film The Clock returns to MoMA, Christian Marclay talks about working with sound and images – and bridging the divide between the two artistic worlds
As Diwali continues in full swing, it’s the perfect time to explore four objects that capture several elements of the festival and its mythology
The American modernist’s buildings are often easier to admire than love, but his critical stock is undoubtedly on the up again
Given Hitler’s unrealised plans for a museum of looted art in Linz, the futuristic Ars Electronica festival is a triumph for the city, but there’s no room for complacence
For its 27th edition, the fair is setting up shop in the galleries of London’s auction houses and welcoming a number of new exhibitors
To coincide with United Nations Day, we look at four artworks and objects designed to promote harmony or tranquillity
The Museum of West African Art points to a new path for creating an institution from scratch and more imaginative ways of dealing with the colonial past
A stimulating show at Alison Jacques perfectly captures the sculptor’s ability to combine familiar materials in unexpected ways
The first champagne house ever to be established, Maison Ruinart has a new, art-filled home – one that maintains a harmonious relationship between heritage and modernity
Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines turned their backs on the London art world to create an art school with an outsize legacy
