From sepia to rabbit skin glue – Hirst’s butterfly wings are far from the only animal products used to make art
A museum charting the dramatic history of the French Resistance and the Liberation of Paris has an elegant and historic new home in Montparnasse
The artist discusses the allure of the 19th-century forger Flint Jack – who fooled museums and collectors with his brand-new prehistoric artefacts
Denmark was beset by catastrophes in the early 19th century – but its painters flourished
A Dürer show at the Albertina presents a rare opportunity to see some of the German artist's drawings usually kept caged up in the dark
The West’s borrowings from Japanese modernism are well known – but an exhibition in Helsinki shows that the traffic moved both ways
The cinematographer discusses his lighting design for the Dulwich Picture Gallery’s upcoming Rembrandt exhibition
The perceived role of museums in society has grown enormously in recent years – but how far does that reflect what they actually are?
The Mediterranean island still bears the mark of its most famous one-time resident
The French artist is still the guiding spirit of the Collection de l’Art Brut, the museum he founded in Lausanne
The new permanent gallery presents all kinds of exquisite pieces with special family associations
A lost portrait of the 16th-century writer Pietro Aretino may have been at the Kunstmuseum Basel for the last hundred years
A sophisticated revamp means that Art Joburg is now a smaller, sleeker affair
The Science Museum’s new gallery makes subtle links between royal patronage, scientific progress and earthly conquest
Why is Historic England supporting a developer’s plans when there’s a better proposal waiting in the wings?
Thawing permafrost means the near-perfect preservation of ancient material in the Arctic will soon be a thing of the past
Exceptional Italian artworks should prove a big draw at the Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato in Florence
The fairy-tale doll’s house, now at Egeskov Castle in Denmark, still has the power to beguile with its miniature marvels and deceptions
An exhibition of drawings at the Louvre reflects the artist’s struggle between his warring inclinations
The building that once played host to the Turner Prize now stands empty. Where does this news leave Derry?
Although she struggled to forge a career, Sarah Affonso never gave up making art, as two overlapping exhibitions in Lisbon reveal
From inventories to installation shots – Liza Kirwin discusses the crucial role of gallery records in documenting art history
This month’s highlights include paintings of Henry VIII’s favourite wife and Dorothea Tanning’s much-loved dog
The art market prizes rarity – or so they say. What, then, is behind the recent record-breaking sale of an editioned sculpture by Jeff Koons?
