In the last decade local authority funding for museums has declined rapidly – but are some reasons for optimism emerging?
Paul Binski and Douglas Murphy weigh in on the debate over how Paris’s great cathedral should be rebuilt post-fire
The London-based artist discusses the darker side of play – and offers insight into his enigmatic sculptures
Paganism and Christianity are intertwined in the hoard of rare artefacts found in a princely burial site in Essex
The now-octogenarian artist has revisited her most famous work – and it only gets better with age
When a million Uyghur Muslims in China are being held in detention, the demolition of mosques comes as no surprise
Alfred Munnings was an official war artist who took a curiously pastoral approach to the conflict
Philip Johnson was not the most talented modern American architect, but he was certainly the most important
Themes of exile and migration thread their way through the works in the main exhibition, national pavilions, and elsewhere
The Flemish master, whose workshop was one of the busiest in 16th-century Brussels, gets his first major survey in the city of his birth
The Tate’s survey of Tanning’s long career testifies to her lifelong commitment to Surrealism
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of the great English court painter, long known only as the ‘Curtain Master’
Some 50 works by the enigmatic artist have travelled from his hometown to Venice this summer
The Isuma collective’s new film draws on the history of coerced relocation of Inuit communities in Canada
Returning the Grimani sculpture collection to its dramatic 16th-century setting feels like a dream, says Toto Bergamo Rossi
Around a thousand years ago in the American Southwest, a highly sophisticated ceramic tradition emerged
From Ralph Rugoff’s main exhibition to the 35 national pavilions, there’s lots to see – so here are the expected highlights
Harald Sohlberg and Edvard Munch inherited a lively tradition that helped define the new nation
Where both petroleum and art were concerned, the 20th-century tycoon positioned himself for rich pickings
The collector’s gifts of important Old Masters and outstanding French furniture transformed the Met
The Iranian artist’s distinctive mirror and glass sculptures were inspired by the architecture of her native country
A large slice of the Big Apple is given over to the two contemporary art fairs this May
The fair at the Park Avenue Armory focuses on modern and contemporary art and design
The Serpentine’s Chief Technology Officer talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about Bitcoin, Benedictine monks and more
