Peter Zumthor's Kolumba is a poignant monument for a city devastated by wartime bombing
The current exhibition at the Cini Foundation in Venice has a conceptual clarity that is entirely in keeping with the Italian artist’s philosophy
A new biography reveals an artist who, falling out of step with contemporary life, created an imaginative world of his own through art
The National Gallery of Ireland's six-year-long refurbishment gives its Old Masters and Irish paintings a chance to shine
London Art Week returns to St James’s and Mayfair, while Old Master fair Paris Tableau is revived – in Brussels
The artist would move churches around, erase rooftops, and even bend the Grand Canal straight if it allowed for a more harmonious scene
A Delacroix heads for Munich, and a number of major museums have significantly expanded their photography holdings
The scientific teaching models in George Loudon's collection are as beautiful as they are fascinating
By reimagining the fair as a cultural event, Art Basel moves away from a historic focus on objects towards the production of experiences
Auction highlights this month include a dramatic plaster relief in Paris, and a diminutive but vibrant Van Gogh in London
This month's top exhibitions, from Wyndham Lewis at IWM North to Cézanne's portraits in Paris
Visitors can finally enjoy the exceptional drawing collection, and explore previously-unseen rooms, in the elegant new Cabinet d’Arts Graphiques
The remarkable Barberini tapestries at the Cathedral of St John the Divine are packed with surprising and beautiful details
What do sculpted animals in Mesopotamian art tell us about the relationship between gods and men?
Max Beckmann's 'Bird's Hell', a terrifying vision of cruelty painted after he fled Nazi Germany, is to be sold at auction for the first time
Armitage's paintings combine African politics and western art history – and will make you see both in a different light
Domestic architecture in Japan is reinvented for every generation – as this fascinating exhibition shows
Calendars have often conveyed political messages, particularly in the reign of Louis XIV and during the French Revolution
The photographer met with Gandhi just hours before his assassination – and recorded an event that shook the world
One of the most important collections of 18th-century silver in Europe gets the attention it deserves in a new book
Wim Delvoye discusses merde-making machines, mass production, pig tattoos and Europe's messy future
In the last few years LA’s art scene has grown immeasurably. But as rents rise and experimental spaces get priced out, is LA’s arrival on the international art stage worth it?
Looking back on Ireland's ROSC art exhibitions, which ran from 1967–88
Two portraits newly attributed to Nicholas Hilliard will transform our understanding of the artist
