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Berlusconi’s art collection may soon be bunga-bunga’d into the bin
The late Italian prime minister’s 20,000-strong collection of choice artworks – including a topless rendition of the Mona Lisa – has failed to charm his heirs
Four things to see: a history of light
144 years after Thomas Edison’s light bulb changed the world forever, we take look at four illuminating works of art and objects
Money matters – the problem museums have with philanthropy
As museums face rising costs and lower grants, fundraising is more important than ever – but they have to be very careful where the money comes from
Is Denmark Street really London’s Tin Pan Alley?
Once famous as the home of music publishers and recording studios, Denmark Street has adapted to a changing city but never lost its soul
Crowning glories – a new home for the Spanish royal collection
After 17 years of construction, the Gallery of the Royal Collections in Madrid is open at last – and ready to tell a triumphalist tale
The modern-day collectors who want to build their own cabinets of curiosities
Wonders that were once prized by Renaissance princes still inspire plenty of awe
The Brazilian artists who believed in leisure – and wanted to change the world
The film-maker Neville d’Almeida recalls his friendship with Hélio Oiticica and how they broke down the barriers between work and play and between film and art
Fired up – Daniel Katz on his passion for Islamic pottery
The dealer has made his name through antiquities, Old Master sculptures and modern British art – but when it comes to his own collection, it’s the Islamic world that sets his heart alight
Rebuilding Baghdad – in the new instalment of Assassin’s Creed
Dr Glaire Anderson of Edinburgh University explains how she helped bring Islamic art and architecture to life for the latest version of the video game
Frieze week highlights: breast-feeding goddesses and poetry in performance
Paintings of women by Rubens at Dulwich Picture Gallery and an installation by Julianknxx at the Barbican are among the shows not to miss this year
Frieze week highlights: calligraphic paintings and serene still lifes
More than 100 works by the painter Frank Walter are on show at the Garden Museum while the Foundling Museum pairs contemporary works with its historic holdings
Frieze week highlights: fast fashion and Georgian light displays
Shopping bag installations by the Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury and an illuminated display at the Soane Museum are among the shows not to miss this year
Frieze week highlights: West African masks and New York bohemia
Sculptures and textiles by Yinka Shonibare are paired with works by artists from across the African diaspora at Stephen Friedman’s new Cork Street gallery
How Frans Hals made up for his slow start
The painter was no prodigy but, as Bart Cornelis of the National Gallery in London tells Apollo, he was soon making up for lost time with his bold brushwork
Brute force – the savage post-war paintings of George Grosz
The artist’s later work is usually regarded as apolitical but, as the Stick Men paintings show, he produced some of his most savage work after the war
Acquisitions of the Month: September 2023
A Regency torchère and a recently rediscovered work by Francisco de Zurbarán are among the most remarkable works to enter public collections
In Edinburgh, the National Gallery now gives Scottish art the space it deserves
The opening of a whole new suite of galleries means that Scottish artists now have the same status as the museum’s Old Masters
Is Frieze Art Fair still a hot ticket?
Seven leading curators, art advisors and gallerists look back on the launch of the London event and consider how relevant it is today
This year’s Turner Prize nominees display a weariness with institutions
The shortlisted artists highlight the fragility of the existing order, with the best of them upending what we expect from a show in a gallery
Colour saturation – how the world stopped seeing in black and white
Kirsty Sinclair Dootson shows that a history of colour processes is also a history of shifts in society
The women who keep reappearing in Rubens’s paintings
The adjective ‘Rubenesque’ was coined in the 19th century, but there’s rather more to the female figures in his paintings than acres of flesh
The true heirs to the Rothschild taste are actually in New York
Objects belonging to the French branch of the family are being sold by Christie’s this month – and they’re likely to wow US collectors
Four things to see: rococo
Emerging in France in the 1720s, this new style gave artists free rein to be as over the top as they liked
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Command performance – what a lost Artemisia tells us about an English queen
The Royal Collection has found a work from the artist’s London years reveals as much about its patron as about the painter