His appointment as V&A director is surprising but could prove inspired
Art News Daily : 12 January
James Webb's sound installations tackle difficult political, social and emotional issues with subtle immediacy
The Photographers' Gallery has put together an exhibition of feminist art from the 1970s which is still worryingly relevant today
Tate and Central Saint Martins have taken it upon themselves to 'playfully reinvent' things
The sculptor discusses abstraction, music, architecture, carving kerb stones, and the 'common enterprise' at the heart of it all
Joana Vasconcelos has sent a cockerel sculpture to Beijing for Chinese New Year. She's only the latest artist to have a thing for chickens
Kirklees Council’s proposal to sell off Francis Bacon's 'Figure Study II' is just a taste of things to come
Britain’s oldest manufacturing company, whose origins date back to 1420, is to close this May. What will happen to its historic home?
Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, the leading tribal art collector and international museum patron, has died at the age of 86
The radicalism of Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City is often overlooked, but Letchworth is an utopian success
The celebrated art critic and novelist has died at the age of 90
It's been a memorable year in the art world for all sorts of reasons...
It's been 100 years since the deaths of Rodin and Degas; 500 years since Martin Luther's 95 Theses; and 2,000 years since the death of Ovid...
A look around some of London's most talked-about winter exhibitions
British modernism is having a ‘moment’ and Jonathan Jones is displeased. Why is he so upset, and what does any of it have to do with Brexit?
Giorgio Vasari's 'Last Supper' was severely damaged in the devastating Florence floods of 1966. Fifty years later, it's back on display after one of the most complex conservation projects ever undertaken
The Italian artist uses humble materials to promote a high-minded utopian message. How does his work fare in such opulent surroundings?
The sorry tale of a Roman Christmas tree; the pinkest pink and Anish Kapoor; and George Osborne's coffee table books of choice
The figurative artists of the 1920s and '30s should not be considered secondary to their abstract contemporaries – as numerous recent exhibitions have shown
Australia continued to haunt Sidney Nolan’s imagination long after the painter made his home in Britain
The influence of glittering Byzantine churches can be found in the impressive mosaics of Westminster Cathedral – including a new work by Tom Phillips
After years of expansion, funding is a major issue for the city's museums. How will they fare if the Trump administration provokes fresh culture wars?
The idea to bring the Pompidou to Brussels has been met with scepticism: will it just be a tourist attraction or will it enhance the city's cultural scene?
