Is action man Sylvester Stallone about to be made Chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts by President-elect Trump?
Was Van Gogh arrested in Arles on the night that he severed his own ear?
In 1853 Auguste Salzmann went to Jerusalem to photograph religious sites. The results, on show at the Metropolitan Museum, are an insight into his own faith
Berlin's Gemäldegalerie has postponed a display of contemporary art from Tehran - what does this mean for cultural exchange in Iran?
A perfectly realised exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery in London explores Rodin's obsession with dance and its expressive power
Renoir's late paintings, particularly his nudes, provoke extreme reactions but these paintings are among his most interesting work
Expansive, near encyclopaedic within its limits, and very beautiful, this exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum is not to be missed
Not one, but two groups of preparatory work for Edward Burne-Jones’s monumental painting 'The Golden Stairs' have made it into the same sale
There's an absolutely extraordinary exhibition of Robert Rauschenberg's art in London right now – and it's not at the Tate. Plus more London art highlights
The finest new additions to public art collections, from a large group of Cuban art in Miami, to G. F. Watts' celebrated portrait of Violet Lindsay
Peter Mandelson has been appointed chairman of trustees at the Design Museum, the week after he lent his support to a replica of the Titanic...
Ten design teams have been announced – how will they reflect on the particular site of the memorial's construction?
The early listing of James Stirling’s No. 1 Poultry says more about the architect’s stature than it does about postmodernism as a style
The Gilberts wanted these astonishing treasures to be shared and enjoyed. Now, the V&A has given them the showcase they deserve
Auction highlights this month include a masterful but unfashionable Murillo, and a captivating Egyptian sculpture of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet
In 2015 Garabet left war-torn Syria for Germany. But even from the relative safety of Europe, the cartoonist fears the consequences of his critical work
Dealers are optimistic that sales will be strong despite a more muted atmosphere than previous years; plus the latest art market news and comment
A decade ago, Miami looked set to become a thriving art city. So why are local artists and galleries still struggling to gain recognition?
The art of celebrity comes to Miami Beach once more – and Rakewell is on hand to help you tell your James Corden from your James Franco
This is a great way to relive the ‘pageant-fever’ of earlier, more technologically innocent decades
Dayanita Singh discusses her work and the pointlessness of taking 'beautiful' pictures ahead of an exhibition in London
In 1970 Rauschenberg left New York City for an island off the Florida coast. His retreat from the city transformed his art, and his legacy
Philip Hammond upsets the Janeites; Paolozzi's Piscator in search of an owner; and how Boris Johnson ended up as a bumblebee
Horace Walpole’s aunt once quipped that the hermaphrodite was ‘the only happy couple she ever saw’. A bronze variation on the theme comes to auction soon...
