Generations of residents have chosen to live in Los Angeles, perilously, but are the hazards now becoming too great?
An accomplished musician as well as a painter, Lorenzo Costa was perfectly placed to capture the changing fashions and shifting social etiquette of his day
Clad in the symbolic designs of artist and founder Barthélémy Toguo, the arts centre in Cameroon is breaking new ground
Canadian and Scandinavian painters approached their respective landscapes in distinctive ways and with differing levels of realism
With new leadership and restored rooms that haven’t looked this good since the Ancien Régime, the palace is entering a new golden era
The American artist explains how he looks to his own past to create his devilishly inventive films, paintings and installations
A new regulation on the import of cultural goods into the EU is likely to have unintended consequences for dealers
While other events are contracting, this New York mainstay remains a force to be reckoned with
The innovations of artists in the first half of the 14th century created new pathways for painting for centuries to come
A study of the baroque painter’s business practices finds faults with her financial acumen and artistic training – though not everyone will agree
Tessa Hadley is unsettled by Giovanni Bellini’s eerily calm depiction of the murder of Saint Peter Martyr
The Old Master drawings collector has described herself as ‘an undisciplined cockapoo’ when it comes to buying – but each piece must be of the highest calibre
An unusually vibrant early still life by Van Gogh and an outstanding piece of Renaissance maiolica are among the highlights of this year’s edition
UK museums are hamstrung by outdated laws around restitution. It’s time for politicians to end the impasse and give them greater autonomy over their collections
From Rembrandt in Frankfurt to pictures of puddings in The Hague, there's plenty to see within touching distance of the fair
The Paris fair dedicated to works on paper is still a real draw for exhibitors and visitors from all over the world
Women have often been thought susceptible to demonic influence, and creativity can be seen as a form of possession – notions reclaimed by artists in ingenious ways
If AI is treated as little more than a fashionable selling point, then its potential to create genuinely innovative art may be lost
This nomadic gallery finally has a permanent home, but can the impressive collection protect it from Poland’s fraught cultural politics?
The elaborately decorated art that emerged from Central and South America during the Spanish colonial period is gaining traction in the market
Designed in the 18th century by Luigi Vanvitelli for Charles VII of Naples, Italy’s answer to Versailles is as dizzying today as it was 250 years ago
Technology and ornament went hand in hand at the court of Louis XIV, and his successors expected the same from the scientific advances of their day
The artist painted the Wertheimers 12 times, in portraits that shed light on the changing fortunes of an extraordinary family
A meditative painting by Qi Baishi demonstrates his modern approach to an ancient art form, explains Jeremy Zhang of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco
