Collections of hand-drawn postcards, quilts, and 18th-century French bindings are among this month’s highlights
What prompted Botticelli to become a follower of Savonarola? Jordan Tannahill’s arresting play casts historical accuracy aside in the quest for answers
The fair underscores its links with the museum world in its third edition. Plus highlights from Paris Photo and Also Known as Africa
The poet, translator and musician was also a passionate observer – and recorder – of the visual world
Destroyed during the Pacific War and restored in 1992, the castle was the pride of Okinawa. Now a fire has left it in ruins again
The artist talks about the wide-ranging references in his neon installations and other works – from modernist music to yoga
A selection of studies and sketches shows how the definition of drawing has happily ballooned in recent decades
The painter’s monumental and often melancholy hunting scenes are well worth another look
In cities across the world, the cultural avant-garde has often hunkered down – and expressed itself – in nightclubs and bars
A new display in the museum pays tribute to one of its best and most charming ambassadors
A substantial survey at Hastings Contemporary is a rare chance to encounter the British painter’s concise, enigmatic images
Whether as models, studio managers, or artists in their own right, the women in the orbit of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood deserve greater recognition
Richard Sandell and Chris Ingram discuss why museums still have a long way to go before they can claim to offer a fully accessible experience
This pupil of Rembrandt has often been mistaken for other artists, but is there an unity to be found in his many styles?
The artist Taus Makhacheva is fascinated by the subversive side of an art form that found great favour in the USSR
The latest instalment of Art D’Égypte’s annual exhibition is spread across four venues on the historic El Mu’iz street
Things rarely turn out well for the characters in the satirist’s so-called ‘progress’ pieces – rather, they capture the chaos of 18th-century life
A thought-provoking study considers what makes medieval European sculpture so memorable
The Beirut-based artist talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about his fascination with the lives of objects
In all his art, from his poetry hotline to the recent text paintings, Giorno refused to be bored or be boring
How the Barbizon painter’s subversive rural scenes inspired artists from Van Gogh to Salvador Dalí
It is 150 years since women first arrived at Cambridge – and the fight for equality has taken almost as long
What are the implications of using object recognition technology to classify human faces and emotions?
The Glasmuseet in Ebeltoft has a significant collection of works donated by artists from around the world
