A new biography by Robert Storr offers a comprehensive yet personal account of the artist’s complex career
The jewel in the crown of the city’s palatial complex of museums now shows off its masterpieces to even better effect
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced art fairs and galleries to move their presentations online – but are virtual viewings here to stay?
A long-running debate has been revived by a court ruling that the realism of ‘Call of Duty’ makes it a work of art
Beads, bottles, broken plates... these scraps of London’s history provide a welcome distraction in a time of sickness and solitude
Was the pledge to restore the cathedral in just five years a reasonable commitment or a rash promise?
The bicentenary of the founder of modern nursing has a particularly topical resonance, but how did her contemporaries regard the Lady with the Lamp?
Uffizi director Eike Schmidt discusses plans to reopen the galleries as the Italian government eases lockdown regulations
Alistair Sooke and Simon Schama take on tour-guide duties in a series of new 30-minute films. But how satisfying can the Tate on the telly really be?
The festival has put together a digital programme that invites close and contemplative attention
The designer may not be a household name, but his work is still instantly recognisable – from passports and magazines to banknotes and bookplates
A new study focuses on the painters working outside the main artistic centres of Italy
An art lawyer considers the implications of deaccessioning works and dipping into endowment funds
The artist knew exactly how to cultivate her own image, ensuring her great success – both then and now
The discovery of the world’s oldest known piece of string shows that our Neanderthal cousins were craftier than is sometimes assumed
A new study emphasises the marriage of thought and feeling in the painter’s work
Sequestered in a French chateau in the 1940s, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Jean Arp, Sonia Delaunay and Alberto Magnelli joined forces to create the ‘Album Grasse’
An exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi positions the wildly ambitious artist as a Renaissance man for our times
The pleasure Picasso took in paper as a medium was palpable in the Royal Academy’s recent show
The director of programme at YSP outlines the unique challenges – and consolations – of shuttering the site
The artist’s fashion etchings hint at the delight in transient pleasures that is so evident in his paintings
What exactly does it take to create an online exhibition? And will such platforms still be of use after lockdown?
The critic’s guide to creative living is full of joy – but how far can you get by following someone else’s rules?
The 250th anniversary of the poet’s birth prompts a reflection on his complicated relationship with the visual arts
