Frank Auerbach has died at the age of 93

The painter, best known for his impasto renderings of London and atmospheric portraits, died yesterday morning in his home in north London

12 Nov 2024

Sotheby’s announces first auction in Saudi Arabia – and completes Breuer Building deal

Plus: Art Basel reported to be in talks to run Abu Dhabi Art; Ashmolean acquires rare work by Fra Angelico; and Daniel Spoerri (1930–2024)

10 Nov 2024

Solid Gold

A glittering show at the Brooklyn Museum explores the many roles and forms of the precious metal – and explores the darker side of its production

8 Nov 2024

The Art of French Wallpaper Design

In 18th- and 19th-century France, wallpapering was a sticky business – but the results really made an impression, as this show in Rhode Island makes clear

8 Nov 2024

Liliane Lijn: Arise Alive

Sculptures, paintings, collages and videos by the intrepid American artist demonstrate her lifelong interest in light, motion and myth

8 Nov 2024

Gabriele Münter: The Great Expressionist Painter

This exhibition in Madrid dedicated to a pioneer of the Blue Rider movement presents her experiments in form, light and colour

8 Nov 2024

Four things to see: Paradise lost

On the 350th anniversary of the death of John Milton, we examine four artworks that explore themes of desire, temptation, rebellion and loss

8 Nov 2024

In the studio with… Ai-Da

The AI-powered humanoid robot talks Apollo through her studio routine, which involves listening to Chopin and pondering the strangeness of her own existence

4 Nov 2024

Tens of thousands flee Baalbek after Israel issues evacuation order including World Heritage site

Plus: the UK budget announced, with mixed news for the arts; and archaeologists discover ancient Mayan city in Mexico

3 Nov 2024

Käthe Kollwitz – Mensch

The idealistic German artist channelled her considerable political energies into art both before and after the First World War

1 Nov 2024

Bolts of Color: Printed Textiles after WWII

The ease of making screenprints after the Second World War stirred the imaginations of artists as varied as Lucio Fontana and Althea McNish

1 Nov 2024

Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504

The Royal Academy of Arts offers viewers the chance to compare the three Renaissance rivals and contemporaries

1 Nov 2024

Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece

The Thracians were rarely regional top dogs but, as a show at the Getty Villa proves, their artistry was unparallelled

1 Nov 2024

Four things to see: Diwali

As Diwali continues in full swing, it’s the perfect time to explore four objects that capture several elements of the festival and its mythology

1 Nov 2024

How to be buried in style in ancient China

Ching-Ling Wang of the Rijkmuseum explains what we do and don’t know about a bronze Han-dynasty horse and its rider made as a burial offering

28 Oct 2024

Art that makes the heart beat faster

At the Art Gallery of Ontario, visitors fitted with heart monitors have found Otto Dix stimulating and Gerhard Richter soothing. The rest of art history remains to be rated…

27 Oct 2024

Frieze’s parent company considering selling art fairs and magazine

Plus: the Whitney Museum of American Art is making admission free for under-26s after a donation from Julie Mehretu; and Gary Indiana has died at the age of 74

25 Oct 2024

After the End of the World: Pictures from Panafrica

Documentary photographs from apartheid-era South Africa sit alongside pictures inspired by Candomblé traditions in this wide-ranging show in Chicago

25 Oct 2024

Katharina Sieverding

Political art, text-based works and flamboyant self-portraits by the German photographer go on show in Düsseldorf

25 Oct 2024

Rudolf Wacker: Magic and Abysses of Reality

The horrors of the First World War and its troubled aftermath loom large in the Austrian artist’s inventive, disconcerting paintings

25 Oct 2024

Ana Lupas: Intimate Space – Open Gaze

The most extensive survey to date of the artist’s career touches on Romanian craft traditions as well as the country’s turbulent history

25 Oct 2024

Four things to see: Peace

To coincide with United Nations Day, we look at four artworks and objects designed to promote harmony or tranquillity

25 Oct 2024

At Maison Ruinart, contemporary art holds court

The first champagne house ever to be established, Maison Ruinart has a new, art-filled home – one that maintains a harmonious relationship between heritage and modernity

22 Oct 2024

Acquisitions of the month: September 2024

A 17th-century portrait of a bookseller from Lombardy and a breviary from the library of Charles V are among this month’s highlights

21 Oct 2024