Fashion houses and other high-end brands are keener on art than ever before, but who really benefits from the relationship?
Rubens’s technical skill and attention to detail give The Garden of Love its heightened sense of erotic potential
An imaginative exhibition in The Hague stresses how much the fashion house still owes to its founder
The true gift of the author of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ was to see the world like a child and blur the line between dreams and reality
A show of surgical paintings by Celia Hempton raises questions about how far the artist's eye can penetrate beneath the surface of things
The graphic designer and decorative artist mastered any number of crafts and his work deserves to be much better known
Chinese art from the 14th century onwards has long ruled the art market, but prices for work from earlier periods are catching up fast
Museums devoted solely to Egyptian antiquities are rare and Turin’s also tells the story of Italy’s long and complex relationship with the land of the pharaohs
In a show at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, the American artist keeps pushing at the boundaries of abstract art
Picasso, Lichtenstein, Emin and others have all designed plates, but treating them only as art objects ruins the fun
A new book by Steven Brindle lovingly catalogues the lavish interiors that could once be found in London’s grandest houses but are now lost
A leading dealer in Indian paintings and textiles, she also has an extensive collection of 20th-century haute couture – and the two seem to go together nicely
Edward Behrens explores the ingredients for achieving in the art world
The targeting of well-known artworks for shock value puts institutions in a bind. Should they engage with the protestors, or are they turning away from the issues being raised?
In his striking pastoral and biblical scenes, the 16th-century Venetian painter turned beasts into sensitive protagonists
The Canadian artist is best known for his large, tableau-like photographs. In a year of several international exhibitions, he talks Craig Burnett through the complex process of making them
A new history of collage around the world is at its best when revaluing the work of women, writes Samuel Reilly
In designing his eccentric inventions, the mid-century artist Thomas Wilfred created a whole new genre of art, the influence of which can still be felt today
From her early associations with the ‘Geometry of Fear’ school of sculpture, Frink went on to evoke any number of strong emotions
A collage series by Håkon Bleken in Nidaros Cathedral meditates on Christian imagery as well as the traumas of Norwegian history
Though its popularity abroad has waned, British art of the 1940s and ’50s is still highly sought after at home
Lucy Ellmann is troubled by an eerily realistic 19th-century painting of a cat behind bars
The museum holds the world’s largest collection of Japanese art outside Japan itself – and now has suitably meditative spaces to match
The replacement of Boswell’s department store with a luxury hotel is part of a beautification process that has gathered pace in recent years
