The market for paintings by the likes of John Craxton and John Minton – and Paul Nash in pastoral mode – is having an idyllic time
In the Neue Nationalgalerie’s celebration of the sculptor’s 75th birthday, modernity is never what it used to be
Achim Gnann of the Albertina Museum gets to grips with sketches that show the artist embracing a dynamic new style
It was the pioneering photogapher’s dedication to botany that made her determined to record her samples in such memorable fashion
The painter was always reluctant to regard his paintings as finished and revisted some of his greatest compositions several times
This year’s edition of the event in Paris includes more dealers from more countries and offers an astonishing range of artefacts
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is as powerful as you would expect, but the Hiroshima Museum of Art may catch you unawares
This beaded seat represents the might of a monarch – and his global reach, says Kristen Windmuller-Luna of the Cleveland Museum of Art
When institutions try to offer something to everyone do they risk spreading themselves too thin?
Gwen John and the contemporary artist Matthew Krishanu found comfort in a shared composition
When it came to designing stained-glass windows, Henry Holiday was more than a match for his friend Edward Burne-Jones
A convivial collaboration between the American artist and a saké brewery is refreshing stuff
Under its new director Christine Macel, the historic museum full of masterpieces of French design is entering a brand new era
The national museum of immigration has a new mission – but it’s still housed in a building haunted by France’s colonial ghosts
It’s hard to say who, exactly, the Normans were – but even harder to make them out as a model migrants and proto-Europeans as a string of recent exhibitions has tried to do
An understanding of theatrical culture in the 18th century is vital for understanding the most important painters of the period
The reinvention of the Museum of Childhood as Young V&A has been a great success. Should more institutions follow its example and become younger at heart?
An old-fashioned way of bringing in cakes and custards is beginning to feel rather modern again
A new breed of business is offering investors shares in blue-chip artworks – and making big claims about their profitability
Finland’s questing version of modernism, as championed by Alvar Aalto, went hand in hand with the development of social democracy
The first garden created by the designer for a house by Edwin Lutyens has been bought by the National Trust – preserving a vital piece of history
Under new owners, this stalwart of the London fair calendar shows that a focus on British art needn’t be parochial
A book by Daniel H. Weiss, outgoing president and CEO of the Met, offers a public-spirited view of how a changing world can benefit from the constancy of large institutions
