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Gold Icon On the eggcentricities of Hitchcock and Dalí

The Psycho director may have hated them, but for those who aren’t as easily shell-shocked, eggs can crack open a whole new world

31 Mar 2025

Gold Icon The duchess who scandalised Spain

The Liria Palace in Madrid is paying tribute to its late, great owner in the form of installations by Joana Vasconcelos

31 Mar 2025

Gold Icon The art of long-distance communication

The French invention of the telegraph in a fractured post-Revolutionary collapsed time and space, changing visual culture for ever

31 Mar 2025

Gold Icon ‘It’s not Grandma. But it also is’ – Will Wiles on a family portrait of sorts

The subject of a painting by Marie Laurencin was actually a French film star, but it will always have a strong family connection

31 Mar 2025

Gold Icon What Wellington bought after Waterloo

An exhibition of the Dutch paintings the 1st Duke of Wellington acquired in Paris reveals another aspect of an extraordinary life

31 Mar 2025

Gold Icon ‘The vitality and sheer weirdness is thrilling’ – at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens

An exhibition of ancient art spanning centuries and islands isn’t afraid to let the objects speak for themselves

31 Mar 2025

Gold Icon French winemaking with a South African twist

The Krone winery makes bubbly using French methods, but its steadfast support of artists and chefs is what really makes it sparkle

31 Mar 2025

In Portugal, a world-class ceramics collection now has a home to match

The ceramics collection of Renato de Albuquerque can now be found in a state-of-the-art centre on a mission to educate and entice the public

31 Mar 2025

Gold Icon The very smart cars of Ettore Bugatti

With its sensuous design and sleek fittings, the Bugatti 57C Vanvooren – like many of the manufacturer’s models – has become a style icon

31 Mar 2025

Gold Icon The sensational designs of Alphonse Mucha

In his posters and illustrations the art nouveau artist fused Slavic motifs with Japanese influences to create a style that was truly cutting-edge

31 Mar 2025

Gold Icon The Frick Collection makes a triumphant return to Fifth Avenue

The beloved New York museum is reopening its doors after a four-year refurbishment – and there’s more to delight the public than ever before

31 Mar 2025

Gold Icon The Argentinian winery where you can see James Turrell at altitude

The treacherous journey to get to Colomé, home to a private art gallery and one of the world’s highest wineries, is well worth the trek

27 Mar 2025

Acquisitions of the month: February 2025

Eastern icons for the Louvre and French Old Masters for the Art Institute of Chicago are among the most important works to have entered public collections recently

26 Mar 2025

Gold Icon Tracey Emin’s passion for painting

In a powerful painting acquired by the Yale Center for British Art, the artist grapples with universal themes of love and loss, explains the museum’s director, Martina Droth

26 Mar 2025

Gold Icon Salzburg, a city alive with the Sound of Music

Sixty years after the film’s release, locals are still surprised by visitors re-enacting a few of their favourite things

25 Mar 2025

Gold Icon ‘We’ve been living like this for years’ – on the fires in Southern California

Generations of residents have chosen to live in Los Angeles, perilously, but are the hazards now becoming too great?

24 Mar 2025

Gold Icon The rise of performance art in Renaissance Italy

An accomplished musician as well as a painter, Lorenzo Costa was perfectly placed to capture the changing fashions and shifting social etiquette of his day

22 Mar 2025

Gold Icon ‘Bandjoun Station is an imposing proposition’

Clad in the symbolic designs of artist and founder Barthélémy Toguo, the arts centre in Cameroon is breaking new ground

20 Mar 2025

Loewe brings Mr and Mrs Albers to the catwalk

The effect of translating Anni’s textiles and Josef’s paintings to fashion is, paradoxically, a heightened appreciation for the original work

18 Mar 2025

Gold Icon Gilty pleasures – Versailles in the 21st century

With new leadership and restored rooms that haven’t looked this good since the Ancien Régime, the palace is entering a new golden era

16 Mar 2025

The rewarding mystery of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

A large painting of three boys in the water does not readily disclose its secrets – but perhaps that is precisely the point

13 Mar 2025

Gold Icon ‘The painting ought not to feel measured – something horrible is happening’

Tessa Hadley is unsettled by Giovanni Bellini’s eerily calm depiction of the murder of Saint Peter Martyr

3 Mar 2025

Gold Icon New kid on the bloc – behind the scenes at Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art

This nomadic gallery finally has a permanent home, but can the impressive collection protect it from Poland’s fraught cultural politics?

3 Mar 2025

Gold Icon Layer cakes – the colourful confections of Wayne Thiebaud

In his voluptuous paintings of cakes and other foodstuffs, the American artist captured both pleasure and a sense of surfeit

3 Mar 2025