An understanding of theatrical culture in the 18th century is vital for understanding the most important painters of the period
An exhibition in Vienna tackles the involvement of Jewish players in some of Europe’s oldest clubs – and how those clubs acknowledge this history
The Eye Filmmuseum highlights the madness of the director’s methods and how beautiful the finished films are – and leaves us to make up our own minds about it all
A book by Daniel H. Weiss, outgoing president and CEO of the Met, offers a public-spirited view of how a changing world can benefit from the constancy of large institutions
At Leighton House, intricate gold drawings by the Pre-Raphaelite artist reveal her great debt to Italian sources
The Iraqi-American artist has been working with migrant communities in the north-east to create a garden and greenhouse at the Baltic Centre
The Scottish painter who has long treated book covers as blank canvases is now also working on a much bigger scale
As a book about mist and fog in European painting shows, artists have often taken a very hazy view of the landscape
Todd McEwen leafs through a history of the underground pot-culture press
With deceptively rickety creations that conceal the care that went into their making, the artist wittily questions our ideas about craft
The sculptor is deeply connected to a wider network of artists and thinkers who also get their dues in this large-scale survey
After a multimillion-pound refurbishment, Liverpool's greatest gallery is rethinking what a Victorian collection of Renaissance art means today
The frock you can wear to everything has never gone out of style – but that hasn’t stopped designers trying to pull it off its pedestal
Spot Judith, Delilah, the Virgin Mary – and museum staff – in a monumental mural inspired by a 15th-century altarpiece
A display of counterfeit works offers an object lesson in what a masterpiece really is – but it could have had more fun with the subject
The self-taught painter was hailed by the Surrealists as a master of ‘art naïf’ – but this exhibition makes clear that her work was rooted in the complex politics of her day
William Burges commissioned a singular piece of furniture with contributions from everyone who was anyone among his wide artistic acquaintance
The question of what makes a performer truly divine is at the heart of a rigorously researched exhibition at the V&A
A new generation of artists in the capital Antananarivo are boldly reinventing an emblem of national identity
The advent of new technology transformed the photographer’s work in the 1930s – but it couldn’t last
The city’s newest and largest arts space provides ample room for the artist’s large-scale inflatables, but it’s not all about size
The Rijksmuseum’s blockbuster has been recorded for posterity, but can a film really do the paintings justice?
Linking the painter’s work directly to its source material downplays what makes it really interesting
The saint may have lived a life of poverty, but this richly varied exhibition is anything but impoverished
