Everyone should make a point of seeing these 61 Qur’ans, in a show that sets many common misunderstandings straight.
An exhibition at Pallant House shows how classicism was a way of reinvigorating modernist experimentation
This major, vivid biography of the art historian is meticulously researched – and long overdue
Turner Contemporary reveals how both artists explore man's struggle in the face of much bigger forces
An exhibition at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum aims to rethink the familiar work of Czech artist Alphonse Mucha - but could it have gone further?
Six shortlisted artists battle it out for this year's prize – one of the nominees, Bedwyr Williams, tells Apollo about his futuristic project
An exhibition of Diane Arbus's early work presents curiosities without cabinets
This superb exhibition makes us look at terra invetriata – a prodigious combination of earth, glass, and fire – through the eyes of 15th-century Tuscans
He was ranked alongside Auerbach and Kossoff: so why did Cunningham stop painting just as his career was taking off?
The Fitzwilliam Museum's 'Colour' exhibition is a triumphant introduction to medieval manuscript painting
'I cannot defend or think of it as something people need to see or bother with'
The German artist's work, finally on show in London, is an uprooted reunion of everything strange in the supposedly familiar tale of western art history
The etchings and sculptures on show at Hauser & Wirth Somerset are at their most powerful when we stop trying to understand them
With his Gazing Balls, Koons has created a body of work that appeals to the brain as well as the eyes
'Towards Night' at the Towner brings together over 60 artists, but the story it tells is Hammick's alone
Georgia O'Keeffe's commitment to what she called 'the Great American Thing' inspired her engagement with place
‘Spreading Canvas: Eighteenth-Century British Marine Painting’ at the Yale Center for British Art is a voyage of discovery
An exhibition celebrating the 500th anniversary of Ariosto's epic Italian poem is as rich as the book itself
Conrad Shawcross's 'Optic Cloak' in Greenwich is sympathetic to both its natural and social context. Can the wider redevelopment of the area follow suit?
The National Gallery has opened its revamped East Building with a celebration of the woman who put some of the USA's most influential contemporary artists on the map
A deeply felt study of the importance of museums stresses how central objects are to their function and future
Despite the difficulties of exhibiting sound and film, the audio-visual works on display here command our full attention
'The breadth of the Atlantic, with all its waves, is as nothing'
It's a mixed bag this year, with Anthea Hamilton coming out on top. But whatever you make of the work, Tate is no longer the place to show it
