With new labels for some of its most contested objects the museum is engaging in an important conversation – but has it got the tone wrong?
In these paintings from the 1980s and ’90s, Hodgkin found a way to depict that ‘almost impossibly nebulous subject’ – his own past experiences
A survey of artists inspired by the movement considers how successfully sculpture can convey a sense of transience
The artist’s strange, Surrealist-inspired paintings have in turn inspired more recent explorations of gender and body image
Still working at the age of 105, the Cuban-born artist has had an unusually long career – and the results repay close attention
Museums face difficult financial choices, but there has to be a better way forward than the pitting of staff against permanent collections
A George Michael mural and a mountain rose-flavoured soda are among the contributions to the borough’s inaugural biennial
The ceramic artist, who has died at the age of 82, took a playful and provocative approach to pottery
From his first Habitat shop on the Fulham Road to the Design Museum in Kensington – a celebration of the late designer’s many achievements
From his portraits of Khrushchev and John Coltrane to celebrated album covers for the Beatles, Freeman’s entire archive was taken just weeks after his death
Fragments of ninth-century frescoes uncovered during conservation shed new light on faith and power in the Venetian lagoon
Freedman’s engaging designs were once impossible to avoid – and his lesser-known war paintings are a revelation
For the 2025 World Expo, the host city of Osaka has plumped for a bafflingly blobby logo
Insular and secretive, the Murano glass industry has historically excluded women – but that may soon change
Desmond Guinness fought against the odds, and often against public opinion, to save Irish Georgian houses – and the nation will be forever in his debt
On both sides of the Atlantic, museums are laying off staff in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Gareth Harris and Matt Stromberg consider whether bad decisions have made the situation worse
The American artist looks back at a career firmly dedicated to painting and the possibilities of figurative art
A rehang of Christchurch Art Gallery’s permanent collections emphasises non-European patterns of influence
The origin of the ‘Barbus Müller’ figures has puzzled many since these distinctive sculptures surfaced in the 1930s
The ‘Prince of Painters’ has been much mythologised by art historians in the 500 years since his death
Setting a brave example wasn't what Niru Ratnam had in mind when he forged ahead with plans to open his new business during the pandemic
For the avant-garde composer, mushroom-foraging was closely linked to his ideas about sound and spontaneity
A short-sighted view of what counts as cultural heritage has led to the bulldozing of family tombs in the city’s oldest burial site
