An exhibition at the Städel Museum shows that the baroque painter’s idealised figures are certainly an acquired taste
Tech companies have long tried to put a human face on their latest innovations, with varying degrees of success
In the 17th century, tips for carving could often be gleaned at the card table
Hettie Judah on what artists have got right (and also wrong) when it comes to depictions of girls
Works by the true masters of the Rinpa style are rare – which makes prices rather high
What not to miss at Asia Week New York, plus our pick of gallery shows coming up
While Peter Strickland’s most recent feature sends up sound artists, Georgina Starr’s short makes for a more challenging listen
George II gave his god-daughter a decorative silver bowl that was later put to surprisingly practical use
The artist’s mastery of unusual materials gave her a real edge over her peers
Robert Bevan’s call to require a lot less from our public monuments has much to recommend it
The painter’s house in Suffolk now tells a compelling story about his formative influence
The wines of the Veneto need no introduction, but it’s worth getting to know the ones produced inside the city itself
Giorgio Vasari’s famous collection of Renaissance drawings was dispersed after his death, and scholars have been trying track down its contents for centuries
The fin-de-siècle movement fired up the imaginations of avant-garde ceramicists across Europe
The artist’s excoriating images have long set the standard for political satire
No one could accuse the painter of flattering his subjects, but he was certainly painstaking about capturing them on canvas
As the artist prepares for his show at the Hayward Gallery, he talks about using the remains of today to reimagine the past
While the painter’s designs for the Decius Mus cycle were used to create several sets of tapestries, the version now in Kilkenny Castle in Ireland is in a class of its own
A new book turns the staple into a star and unscrambles its significance beyond the kitchen
Street lights, kiosks and benches are easy to ignore, but they can make all the difference to how a city look and feels
Northern Renaissance paintings and art nouveau designs are among the highlights of the Brussels fair when it returns at the end of January
Working in an Italian city with no Roman past allowed painters and sculptors to put their own spin on classical antiquity
The director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, talks to Apollo about ‘bossy’ objects, slashed funding and the stories collections tell
The Arts Council’s decision to move money out of London ignores the fact that arts institutions rely upon each other to nurture talent
