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A short visual history of heirs and spares
A cursory look at some princely portraits might have encouraged Harry to head for the Californian hills even earlier
Acquisitions of the Month: December 2022
A donation of 220 works by Philip Guston from the artist’s daughter and a portrait of one of Louis XV’s most controversial aides are among this month’s highlights
The museum openings not to miss in 2023
The new-look National Portrait Gallery in London and the International African American Museum in Charleston are among the highlights of the year ahead
The mixed messages of Meret Oppenheim
The artist’s mastery of unusual materials gave her a real edge over her peers
The landscape that shaped Gainsborough’s view of the world
The painter’s house in Suffolk now tells a compelling story about his formative influence
The vanished collection of Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari’s famous collection of Renaissance drawings was dispersed after his death, and scholars have been trying track down its contents for centuries
Lucian Freud and the art of paying attention
No one could accuse the painter of flattering his subjects, but he was certainly painstaking about capturing them on canvas
‘It’s about a sense of atmosphere’ – an interview with Mike Nelson
As the artist prepares for his show at the Hayward Gallery, he talks about using the remains of today to reimagine the past
‘Eggs are rarely as simple as they seem’
A new book turns the staple into a star and unscrambles its significance beyond the kitchen
The Venetian artists who vied with the ancients
Working in an Italian city with no Roman past allowed painters and sculptors to put their own spin on classical antiquity
What will happen to the art market in 2023?
After the uncertainty of the pandemic, the art market bounced back in 2022, but what challenges will the new year bring?
Super-high skyscrapers and sensitive restorations – the year ahead in architecture
The prospect of more towering edifices on the horizon is hardly cheering, but there are more grounded projects to look forward to
Fiona Tan turns back time in Amsterdam
The artist rifles through archives and our collective imaginations to reshape what we think we know about the past
Making a song and dance about musicals in the museum
A disappointingly static display at the V&A will make you long for the stage
In the studio with… Uwe Wittwer
The Swiss artist maintains a strict working schedule to make the most of the daylight hours and keeps the writings of W.G. Sebald and Patti Smith close to hand
Can a modern perfumier hold a candle to the Old Masters?
Sotheby’s has hired Lyn Harris to respond to Dutch Golden Age paintings with her ‘olfactory poetic landscapes’ – but Rakewell smells a rat
Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind the celebrated filmmaker’s first stop-motion animation film
Money really talks at Art Basel Miami Beach
Art-fair visitors who aren’t afraid to declare their worth can take advantage of MSCHF’s very public ATM machine
The green light to acquisition – how collector-focused technology keeps art deals moving
Arcarta reveals how the right tools could create a smoother and safer system for art galleries to sell work and for collectors looking to buy
Exhibition of the Year
‘Donatello: the Renaissance’ at Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
Can NFTs make a comeback?
Five leading figures in the digital art world offer their insights into how the NFT market will evolve following the crypto crash
The Edwardian architects who built the British Empire
When it came to projecting British power abroad, Christopher Wren proved a handy source of inspiration in the creation of an ‘English Renaissance’ style
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The vampire who created the modern world
Ever since F.W. Murnau adapted Bram Stoker’s Dracula for his seminal film Nosferatu, the vampire has haunted the modern imagination