In a time of increased uncertainty for public art institutions, museums are reevaluting their relationships with private collectors
Prices for Outsider Art are now close to matching those fetched by the mainstream
Henri Fantin-Latour's finest works are the flower paintings that he made in bulk – but he didn't think so
The Egyptian artist Wael Shawky talks to Apollo about his animated versions of the Crusades
The artist's feeling for place is a constant throughout his work – in both peacetime and war
The Staffordshire Potteries continue to play a leading role in developing the UK's ceramics industry
His appointment as V&A director is surprising but could prove inspired
A personal history of a great painting currently on show in New York
Influential private collectors were often keen to recreate their own experiences for the benefit of the public at large.
James Webb's sound installations tackle difficult political, social and emotional issues with subtle immediacy
Kochi might be full of contradictions, but it remains a vibrant site for the Kochi-Muziris Biennale - now in its third edition
The exhibition highlights and museum openings not to miss in January
Surrealism in Egypt was an international affair that lost out to more nationalist art movements
The sculptor discusses abstraction, music, architecture, carving kerb stones, and the 'common enterprise' at the heart of it all
As an exhibition in Rotterdam shows, Fra Bartolommeo draughtsmanship is ravishingly beautiful
The finest new additions to public art collections, from a rare ancient carved gem, to William Orpen's beautifully illustrated hand-written letters
John Lockwood Kipling (father of the more famous Rudyard) was an important champion of traditional Indian arts and crafts
Leading art market figures and auction house supremos make their predictions for the year ahead
Kirklees Council’s proposal to sell off Francis Bacon's 'Figure Study II' is just a taste of things to come
Britain’s oldest manufacturing company, whose origins date back to 1420, is to close this May. What will happen to its historic home?
A ‘bodegón' thought to be by Velázquez, a Tiepolo head study, and a stag-antler chair are just some of the highlights headed to auction this month
Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, the leading tribal art collector and international museum patron, has died at the age of 86
The two artists make a rewarding double act at Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery
The radicalism of Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City is often overlooked, but Letchworth is an utopian success
