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This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites

The first president of the Third Republic was a divisive figure, but there’s no arguing with his taste in chinoiserie

The artist’s abstract works were informed not only by mystical thinking but also by the shapes and colours of the natural world

At Hepworth Wakefield, the perceptive Scottish painter presents motherhood and other forms of care from a variety of angles

Visitors can see work by more than 1,000 craftspeople from around the world – and get stuck in themselves at workshops and open studios

The French artist modelled for Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and others, but the women she painted herself are afforded much more agency

Japan’s support of its artisans shows how highly it views its cultural heritage, but the same isn’t always true of the rest of the world

Reports of looting at the Sudan National Museum were confirmed last month as government forces retook Khartoum. The losses are still being reckoned