Exhibition of the Year
‘Jheronimus Bosch: Visions of Genius’ at the Het Noordbrabants Museum
Digital Innovation of the Year
Art UK This online database of art in UK public collections is an important resource with scholarly and popular appeal.…
Exhibition of the Year
Abstract Expressionism Royal Academy of Arts, London 24 September–2 January 2017 The first major survey of the movement in Europe…
Acquisition of the Year
The Virgin of the Pomegranate (c. 1426), Fra Angelico Museo del Prado, Madrid Accompanied by a small panel recently attributed…
Book of the Year
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts Christopher de Hamel Allen Lane De Hamel’s engaging discussion of 12 medieval illuminated manuscripts includes the…
Artist of the Year
Carmen Herrera The Cuban-born American artist, who turned 101 this year, has been painting since the 1950s but her reputation…
Museum Opening of the Year
Kunstmuseum Basel Basel, Switzerland The Kunstmuseum Basel reopened in spring 2016 following a 12-month refurbishment, and to coincide with the…
40 Under 40 Asia Pacific
The most inspirational young people in the Asia Pacific art world
Celebrating Apollo at our summer party
Leading cultural figures turned out on Monday night for the Apollo summer party, which saw the launch of the new Apollo Collector Services portal
My masterpiece selection: Lauren Prakke
For the collector and art patron, Michelangelo’s David and an Ico Parisi sofa are timeless triumphs
My masterpiece selection: Gabriele Finaldi
From Velázquez to Bach, the director of the National Gallery chooses his favourite masterpieces
My masterpiece selection: Ron Arad
The Royal Academician and designer’s favourite masterpieces include London Zoo’s Penguin Pool
My masterpiece selection: Guy Oliver
Dürer, the Frick Collection and the Bugatti Type 35 make it onto designer Guy Oliver’s list
‘I love the shock of conflict between cultures’
Huang Yong Ping on blurring the lines between Chinese and Western traditions
Pick of the fair: Xaver Scheidwimmer
Shells, lizards, flowers and Chinese porcelain all feature in this elaborate still life by Balthasar van der Ast
Pick of the fair: Kunstkammer Georg Laue
This virtuoso carving of Adam and Eve was made by the ‘German Giambologna’, Leonhard Kern
Pick of the fair: Wallace Chan
This Chinese jeweller is a phenomenon, creating flights of fancy in gemstones
Pick of the fair: Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd
Could this Géricault portrait be of the young Delacroix?
Pick of the fair: Burzio
New exhibitor Burzio offers this rediscovered marquetry prie-dieu
Pick of the fair: Galerie Kugel
This 360-degree panorama is as extraordinary today as it was 200 years ago
Pick of the fair: Koopman Rare Art
A pair of wine coolers by one of Britain’s most celebrated gold- and silversmiths
Pick of the fair: Brame & Lorenceau
Alexander Calder’s exuberant gouache seems closely related to his colourful sculptures
Pick of the fair: López de Aragón
This huge, tragic theatre mask from ancient Rome is a sight to behold
Seeing London through Frank Auerbach’s eyes