Calendars have often conveyed political messages, particularly in the reign of Louis XIV and during the French Revolution
One of the most important collections of 18th-century silver in Europe gets the attention it deserves in a new book
The artist's haunting sound sculptures and paintings address the absent figures who inspired them
This spectacular French clock, designed by the best craftsman of the day, is the star of a show at the Wallace Collection
Wasn't this year's Venice Biennale exhibition supposed to do away with grand curatorial conceits?
MoMA's attempt to 'make space' for women artists has backfired, but does at least highlight some unexpected affinities between artists
Cedric Price believed that architecture should be mobile, lightweight, and temporary. Above all, he thought it should be fun
Despite Yale's new facsimile edition, this 15th-century manuscript happily remains as indecipherable as ever
The decision to stage part of the 14th Documenta in Athens has been widely debated. Now that it's open, what are the highlights of the programme?
His 'white writing' style helped shape the course of modern painting, so why isn't Mark Tobey better known?
She was well known in the surrealist circles of the 20th century, but Vézelay's work has been all but forgotten since
An exhibition of Les Nabis at the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum in Tokyo explores their interest in the art of the Far East
An ambitious exhibition at the National Gallery traces the productive overlaps between these two Renaissance masters
Paolozzi's 1950s work is astonishing, but a full retrospective draws too much attention to his duller later work
An exhibition documenting Picasso's obsession with minotaurs and matadors is a curatorial triumph
An exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum reveals how the home in Renaissance Italy was the site of much private devotion
This event is a must-see if you want your understanding of Piero Manzoni and the other featured artists turned on its head
Some royal tastemakers have better taste than others – as the remarkable legacy of three Hanoverian princesses shows
The American artist reminds viewers that black subjects are seldom encountered in the museum
New galleries mean a fresh start for the New-York Historical Society Museum and Library
The painter's reams of autobiographical writing are as idiosyncratic as his art
The Photographers’ Gallery hosts the first major London exhibition of Roger Mayne’s work since 1999
This overdue survey gives some sense of Pissarro's extraordinary range
The artist's meditative new film reveals how, in the midst of cyclical violence, objects and humans continue to drift
