The Ashmolean’s new show vividly demonstrates how strong colours became a mainstay of 19th-century art
At the Steirischer Herbst festival in Graz, the spectre of nationalism and anxiety about borders haunted this year’s programme
The country is keen to rebrand by promoting its art and architecture – and the modernist buildings of its capital Tashkent are part of the plan
A 30m-long painting presents the Kiangxi Emperor touring southern China, says Clarissa von Spee of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Among the collector’s many objects is one of the most important holdings of antique textiles in private hands
A vineyard-meets-sculpture park in Franciacorta makes wine truly a multisensory affair
As museums face rising costs and lower grants, fundraising is more important than ever – but they have to be very careful where the money comes from
The dealer has made his name through antiquities, Old Master sculptures and modern British art – but when it comes to his own collection, it’s the Islamic world that sets his heart alight
The first Frieze Art Fair in 2003 made the capital cool again – but how much does it matter now, 20 years on?
The painter was no prodigy but, as Bart Cornelis of the National Gallery in London tells Apollo, he was soon making up for lost time with his bold brushwork
The painter was often forthright in his rejection of the old world – but it’s time to reconsider his European influences
The architect’s highly ornamented designs have more in common with the work of his European peers
Sameer Rahim is impressed by a 16th-century Iranian manuscript illustrating a Sufi poem of seduction and spiritualism
Kirsty Sinclair Dootson shows that a history of colour processes is also a history of shifts in society
The history of Palestinian dress is inseparable from that of the nation itself – and now the subject of an invaluable exhibition
To mark the painter’s 300th birthday, the Box in Plymouth is staging a thoughtful show that encourages us to look beyond the obvious
In the year’s most unusual tribute to the modernist master, the artist is taking over the museum dedicated to him and filling it with her personal belongings
The London-based jewellery artist uses antique forms to challenge received notions of preciousness
A new initiative combines adventurous winemaking with an unusual form of art philanthropy
Pastries topped with taxidermy and lavish decoration were the inspiration for elaborate tureen dishes, masterpieces of the goldsmith’s craft
The adjective 'Rubenesque' was coined in the 19th century, but there’s rather more to the female figures in his paintings than acres of flesh
Art Basel’s newest offshoot returns to the French capital with a public programme that is free and open to everyone
Ahead of a retrospective at Tate Britain, the artist tells Apollo that swapping the city for rural Suffolk has led her to more primordial themes
