The opening of this show in Antwerp, which celebrates the power of colour, is sure to be a red-letter day for lovers of scarlet and vermilion
Caravaggio’s portrait of a future Pope and a mannerist painting for the Met are among the most important works to have entered public collections recently
The painter’s townscape of the Dominican church in Vienna shows why he more than lived up to the reputation of his uncle Canaletto
Plus: Russia has bombed a 17th-century monastery in Lviv, and Pat Steir has died at the age of 87
This mid-career retrospective at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice is an excellent introduction to the painter’s slippery compositions and vivid brushwork
This show in Edinburgh sets the painter’s portraits and landscapes alongside work by her predecessors and peers
For centuries Raphael’s renown eclipsed that of even Leonardo and Michelangelo – and this show at the Met offers clues as to why
A show at Dia Beacon explores the artist’s transition to the minimalist grid paintings for which she is best known
Plus: Congress passes a bill to make it easier for heirs to recover Nazi-looted art; and a painting by El Greco has been discovered in the Vatican
Be it heists, attacks on artworks by protestors or the everyday risks posed by visitors, there are any number of reasons why museums should be thinking about how best to insure ar