An exhibition of Watteau's drawings at the British Museum is a lesson in appreciating the virtues of ambiguity
As the London art world prepares for its busiest month, Hettie Judah explains why she’s planning her escape
The humble tuber, rich in its own history, has long been a source of inspiration for painters depicting the peasant classes
By turns picturesque and insalubrious, mews houses have a compellingly chequered past
When the radical patron wasn’t collecting the work of modern British artists, she was urging them to join her in protesting against nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War
An inventive show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art is a thrilling introduction to a modern master of American art
The artist’s early paintings were a necessary preparation for his pioneering less-is-more installations
The emergence of Le Creuset cookware a century ago sparked a change in how home kitchens both looked and functioned
Efforts to return works looted by the Nazis are becoming ever more complicated
A new book by Leslie Primo argues that cultural cross-pollination is at the heart of Britain’s national story
From a Louis XVI clock to an Eileen Gray armchair once owned by Yves Saint Laurent, there's something for everyone at FAB Paris
Little known for centuries after his death in 1652, except as a French follower of Caravaggio, the painter is now rightly recognised as a singular talent
The Egyptian artist’s ingenious operas, which he writes, scores, designs and directs, play around with our ideas about history
Eero Saarinen's US embassy building in Mayfair has long been undervalued, but its conversion into a luxury hotel may help revive its reputation
While exiled in the city, Marie Antoinette’s favourite artist struck up a close friendship with her own idol, Angelica Kauffman
This magnificent gilded cup fuses organic form with astonishing craftsmanship, explains Caterina Badan of the Schroder Collection
The Très Riches Heures, a rarely seen 15th-century book of hours begun by the three Limbourg brothers, was ever a star among manuscripts
Hopes are high that the second half of 2025 – like the restoration of Holbein’s portrait of Anne of Cleves – will offer a much-needed refresh
In works such as ‘The Communist: A Political Meeting’, the Welsh painter Evan Walters captured the hopes and fears of working-class communities
At Hatchlands Park in Surrey, Alec Cobbe lives with the likes of Guercino, Allori and Titian – a fitting collection for the Renaissance man he is
Paul Poiret over-extended himself in every way and died a commercial failure but a century later, his designs still have the power to startle
As emerging global powers are using culture to further their political and economic goals, is Britain keeping up?
The sculptures of Conrad Shawcross, several of which are installed in vineyards around the world, have a clear affinity with the craft of wine-making
Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth are ever in demand, but the market for their lesser-known contemporaries is growing too
