William Andrews Nesfield designed elaborate schemes that exemplify what people mean when they talk about Victorian formal gardens
A new regulation on the import of cultural goods into the EU is likely to have unintended consequences for dealers
An unusually vibrant early still life by Van Gogh and an outstanding piece of Renaissance maiolica are among the highlights of this year’s edition
From Rembrandt in Frankfurt to pictures of puddings in The Hague, there's plenty to see within touching distance of the fair
The Paris fair dedicated to works on paper is still a real draw for exhibitors and visitors from all over the world
The elaborately decorated art that emerged from Central and South America during the Spanish colonial period is gaining traction in the market
UK museums are hamstrung by outdated laws around restitution. It’s time for politicians to end the impasse and give them greater autonomy over their collections
Women have often been thought susceptible to demonic influence, and creativity can be seen as a form of possession – notions reclaimed by artists in ingenious ways
If AI is treated as little more than a fashionable selling point, then its potential to create genuinely innovative art may be lost
An exhibition of ancient art spanning centuries and islands isn’t afraid to let the objects speak for themselves
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
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
Generations of residents have chosen to live in Los Angeles, perilously, but are the hazards now becoming too great?
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
Clad in the symbolic designs of artist and founder Barthélémy Toguo, the arts centre in Cameroon is breaking new ground
With new leadership and restored rooms that haven’t looked this good since the Ancien Régime, the palace is entering a new golden era
Tessa Hadley is unsettled by Giovanni Bellini’s eerily calm depiction of the murder of Saint Peter Martyr
This nomadic gallery finally has a permanent home, but can the impressive collection protect it from Poland’s fraught cultural politics?
In his voluptuous paintings of cakes and other foodstuffs, the American artist captured both pleasure and a sense of surfeit
The American artist explains how he looks to his own past to create his devilishly inventive films, paintings and installations
The Old Master drawings collector has described herself as ‘an undisciplined cockapoo’ when it comes to buying – but each piece must be of the highest calibre
The artist’s mescaline trips in the 1950s and ’60s led to extraordinary acts of creativity, when he tried to pin down their effect on paper
As a selection of her essays makes clear, the eminent art historian has always been committed to looking as a means of understanding
Artists were just as dedicated to the avant-garde as their peers in architecture and music, but were the results of their efforts as radical?
Canadian and Scandinavian painters approached their respective landscapes in distinctive ways and with differing levels of realism
A study of the baroque painter’s business practices finds faults with her financial acumen and artistic training – though not everyone will agree