Plus: Congress passes a bill to make it easier for heirs to recover Nazi-looted art; and a painting by El Greco has been discovered in the Vatican
Be it heists, attacks on artworks by protestors or the everyday risks posed by visitors, there are any number of reasons why museums should be thinking about how best to insure ar
The well-known painter and his nephew made quite a team in Venice, but after they parted ways the student became a master in his own right
Tate Britain peels back the many layers of the artist’s expansive oeuvre
Quite apart from high-profile collaborations with Cocteau and Dalí, the Italian-born designer had an artistry all of her own
The Menil Collection in Houston presents some 30 works on paper by the American artist, ranging from the 1950s to the ’80s
The artist has lived in Italy and Salzburg, studying under Oskar Kokoschka, but it’s in her peaceful studio in the Australian bush that she feels most at home
A Norman Rockwell baseball scene and a rare pendant linked to Henry VIII are among the most important works to enter public collections recently
This week we look at four artworks from around the world that explore the act of theft – or have been spirited away themselves
Plus: EU threatens to withdraw Venice Biennale funding if Russia participates, and Italy pays €30m for a Caravaggio
