Artist collectors, it emerges, are driven by a mix of motives from compulsion to emulation
The former director-general of the National Trust has written a spirited defence of Britain's rural areas
Damien Hirst's recently opened Newport Street Gallery joins a long list of galleries founded by artists
Takesada Matsutani is one of the surviving members of the avant-garde Gutai group. He explains how its influence is everywhere in his work
Plus: Old Masters of the Old Masters on the move | Beatrix Potter at 150 | The Leslie Waddington Collection
English Heritage wants jousting to be recognised as an Olympic sport – but perhaps it's a more complicated activity altogether?
The Mexican artist discusses his work, his experimental education and the importance of tools, as his solo exhibition opens at Fruitmarket Gallery
Forming a corporate art collection is easy, but keeping it together is hard – and selling it is even harder.
Neither painter seems afraid of trying new things in their respective shows at the Royal Academy and Serpentine Gallery
The combination of climate change and apathy is a perfect storm for cultural sites around the world
The new prime minister's rehang of 10 Downing Street will apparently see artworks replaced with quotations from her first speech in office
The Bourne & Shepherd studio in Kolkata has a long history, but fire and the advent of the digital age have closed it down. Thankfully, its legacy lives on
The Louvre-Lens has mounted a long overdue survey of Charles Le Brun's prodigious talents
17 buildings by Le Corbusier are now on the World Heritage list. Why has it taken so long?
The Ateneum holds the Finnish national art collection from the mid 18th century to 1960, but only a sixth of its works are on display.
Umberto Boccioni's untimely death in 1916 turned him into the tragic hero of Futurism – and helped the artist's reputation flourish abroad
From Le Corbusier's modernist buildings to impressive prehistoric architecture, here's a round-up of the new additions
The Brazilian artist was relentlessly inventive, moving from abstract drawing to 'critter'-like sculptures and, ultimately, participatory works
Arts Council England is making significant changes to its investment processes: a round-up of the key headlines and implications for the culture sector
There's an enough anti-Donald work out there to dub a new artistic movement
Taking Shakespearean architecture seriously means looking beyond 'Olden Time' Tudor revival buildings
Van Gogh lookalikes are taking over the asylum, or so it seems from Douglas Coupland's latest project
Is the redevelopment of Finland's open spaces changing how local artists work?
From Italian art in Monaco to unusual tribal objects in London, this summer's art fairs have rich offerings
