Andrew Graham-Dixon's new show ranges from Islamic influence on French architecture to narcissistic nationalism – and we haven't even got to Napoleon yet
Fears are growing that Donald Trump's administration means to abolish the National Endowment for the Arts. What would it mean for US culture if they did?
How far should estates seek to control public perceptions of an artist's life and work?
Remembering Eva Neurath, who founded Thames & Hudson with her husband Walter
The refurbished Egyptian galleries at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities have thrown up a few surprises – including 50 mummified baby crocodiles
The chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte is rare among historic houses in France – for both the quality of its conservation and as a privately run property
Are pragmatic reforms needed to revive an important field of collecting for US museums?
Funding is difficult, but local councils must wake up to the potential of the art and museums in their care, and fight to secure their future
Antique furniture has been unpopular for years – but tastes are changing
The Cultural Learning Alliance has released a report which makes a reasoned case for adding the arts to the STEM subjects. Will the government take note?
You can stumble across good art in the strangest places...
Charting the Ottoman Empire’s international relations through art, this exhibition reminds us that Turkey was once a thriving region for statesmen and artists alike
It was Berger’s ability to listen that made him such an important storyteller
Despite all best efforts, museums can and do unwittingly acquire stolen artefacts. What happens when new information throws an item's provenance into doubt?
Gothic cathedrals were designed to withstand enormous wind pressures, so Soissons has been exceptionally unlucky
This survey of the history of South African art needs to pay more attention to the country’s craft traditions
A long-running institutional feud seems to have moved into more a personal phase
How do you maintain a museum's experimental spirit, while putting the permanent collection centre-stage?
As New York gears up for its Old Master sales, Sotheby's has declared a work it sold in 2012 a forgery after tests found modern pigments
Are there too many languages and can translation ever really bridge our gaps in understanding?
The only living poet to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature responds to one of the greatest living painters
There was much controversy over cultural spending last year, and as cuts start to bite in 2017, there may well be again
The Art Strike brings art back to the real world and those values we need to cherish
It's hard not to draw parallels between Guston's biting caricatures of Richard Nixon and today's political climate
