Where Winckelmann and Walter Pater have trod, the tech entrepreneur follows
The UK-based painter opens the door on his studio in Bath – where he sometimes dons a suit to work, he says, if not a tie
The state has just shelled out €4million for the libertine’s most notorious work – how times have changed
Raymond Erith adapted classical architecture for a modern age
Native American belts made of wampum shells have long fulfilled a diplomatic purpose – and as such are very much a living art
Filming for Batman and Indiana Jones has transformed the city in recent weeks – to the delight of Glaswegians
Plus: More than 17,000 looted artefacts returned to Iraq
The British artist was a titan of modern sculpture – and following his example, it would never be the same again
The sound artist carries his studio with him wherever he goes – on a 13-inch MacBook Pro
The novelist may be little read today, but his fiction inspired an enduring, Romantic vision of the past
The British artist rejected modernism, but in life as in art she was hardly conservative
The Clash bassist’s pulverised instrument can now be worshipped at the Museum of London
An Enlightenment project to classify all the colours in the natural world is an extraordinary feat of ingenuity
The giant ferris wheel may now be part of the furniture – but the view from on high is still revolutionary
The director of the Kunstmuseum Basel picks out his cultural highlights from a city in which vibrant traditions meet cosmopolitan flair
Plus: Phillip King (1934–2021) and Xavier Rey appointed director of the Centre Pompidou in Paris
The dairy at Rambouillet was a masterpiece of neoclassical design
The former teen idol turned fashion icon is in full Renaissance prince mode in Balenciaga’s latest campaign
With chaos in Lebanon and Beirut in crisis, the resilience of the city’s artists and heritage workers is something of a miracle
Museums should lead conversations about archives and artefacts gathered in former colonies – and not leave the objects gathering dust
Two documentaries on the ‘lost Leonardo’ have found the story’s sensationalism irresistible – but hard facts are as absent as the painting itself
For more than a century, the Bibiena family created spectacular sets that delighted and deceived audiences
Typewriters may be museum pieces now, but they created office jobs for women and by doing so changed the 20th century
Most Parisians treat the Arc de Triomphe as a glorified roundabout – but by climbing it they'd see the city in a new light
