Alt text in museums doesn’t benefit only low-vision users – it helps all of us think more deeply about how to understand an artwork
The photographer, who has died at the age of 73, always insisted that he was capturing his subjects as they really were
Heavily influenced by his artistic contemporaries, the architect pushed the limits of design – and revolutionised the idea of the modern museum
The subject is endangered at A level just as it couldn’t be more essential. What can be done to save it in British schools?
The Royal Society of Medicine is putting some of its rarest books and photographs up for sale at Christie’s this month. Is this a case of medical negligence?
The success of London’s National Gallery during a tricky time for museums is a testament to having the right people steering the ship
For contemporary artists such as Sasha Gordon and Nayland Blake the current moment screams unease
The British Council has been crippled by conditions attached to an emergency Covid loan. What will happen to the art collection that is one of its best ambassadors?
The theft at the Louvre has drawn more attention to the department’s woes, with the minister facing corruption charges and budget cuts in the offing
The dissolution of certainties about American power now has its perfect visual emblem – in the form of bulldozers reducing part of the White House to rubble
The cultural legacy of Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and co. is undeniable but, with the design, fashion, art and literary worlds forever ‘rediscovering’ them, perhaps it’s time to move on
After a gloomy few years, promising auction results and some exciting upcoming sales suggest that the market could be on the road to recovery
Puffing away is definitely deleterious to your health, but it can still be a ripe subject for art
The museum’s director, Laurence des Cars, told French lawmakers that she had been appalled by the Louvre’s security when she took over – and had told the culture ministry so
It is a century since most of Sir John Soane’s structure was demolished to make way for Herbert Baker’s bigger but more boring vision
The V&A’s exhibition demonstrates the doomed queen’s remarkable ability to represent whatever we want her to represent
An exhibition of Watteau's drawings at the British Museum is a lesson in appreciating the virtues of ambiguity
As the London art world prepares for its busiest month, Hettie Judah explains why she’s planning her escape
Collecting paintings made after 1900 might restart a border dispute with the Tate, but the rewards for audiences could be significant
The Egyptian artist’s ingenious operas, which he writes, scores, designs and directs, play around with our ideas about history
Hopes are high that the second half of 2025 – like the restoration of Holbein’s portrait of Anne of Cleves – will offer a much-needed refresh
The decision to demolish Grenfell Tower – where 72 people died in a fire in 2017 – is inevitably controversial, but the process of doing so will be unusually considered
The Art Students League of New York has trained many a great painter and is still going strong on its 150th anniversary
Wasps have a terrible image problem but a new exhibition highlighting their design abilities should help us get over our horror
Martin Parr was Britain’s greatest documentary photographer
The photographer, who has died at the age of 73, always insisted that he was capturing his subjects as they really were
Frank Gehry’s frontier spirit
Heavily influenced by his artistic contemporaries, the architect pushed the limits of design – and revolutionised the idea of the modern museum
Art history is too important to be the preserve of the privileged
The subject is endangered at A level just as it couldn’t be more essential. What can be done to save it in British schools?
This auction is just what the doctor didn’t order
The Royal Society of Medicine is putting some of its rarest books and photographs up for sale at Christie’s this month. Is this a case of medical negligence?
What good museum leadership looks like
The success of London’s National Gallery during a tricky time for museums is a testament to having the right people steering the ship
American art enters its paranoid phase
For contemporary artists such as Sasha Gordon and Nayland Blake the current moment screams unease
Hard times for British soft power
The British Council has been crippled by conditions attached to an emergency Covid loan. What will happen to the art collection that is one of its best ambassadors?
The French culture ministry goes in for the wrong kind of drama, again
The theft at the Louvre has drawn more attention to the department’s woes, with the minister facing corruption charges and budget cuts in the offing
So, goodbye East Wing. What’s next for the White House?
The dissolution of certainties about American power now has its perfect visual emblem – in the form of bulldozers reducing part of the White House to rubble
Have we reached peak Bloomsbury yet?
The cultural legacy of Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and co. is undeniable but, with the design, fashion, art and literary worlds forever ‘rediscovering’ them, perhaps it’s time to move on
Is the art market at a turning point?
After a gloomy few years, promising auction results and some exciting upcoming sales suggest that the market could be on the road to recovery
It’s not cool to smoke, unless you’re in a painting
Puffing away is definitely deleterious to your health, but it can still be a ripe subject for art
The Louvre theft points to the wider crisis in France
The museum’s director, Laurence des Cars, told French lawmakers that she had been appalled by the Louvre’s security when she took over – and had told the culture ministry so
The man who broke the Bank of England – and built it back up again
It is a century since most of Sir John Soane’s structure was demolished to make way for Herbert Baker’s bigger but more boring vision
The meaning of Marie Antoinette
The V&A’s exhibition demonstrates the doomed queen’s remarkable ability to represent whatever we want her to represent
In praise of uncertainty
An exhibition of Watteau's drawings at the British Museum is a lesson in appreciating the virtues of ambiguity
Why I’m breaking up with London, just for October
As the London art world prepares for its busiest month, Hettie Judah explains why she’s planning her escape
A new dawn for the National Gallery?
Collecting paintings made after 1900 might restart a border dispute with the Tate, but the rewards for audiences could be significant
The grand performances of Wael Shawky
The Egyptian artist’s ingenious operas, which he writes, scores, designs and directs, play around with our ideas about history
Out with the old, in with the new
Hopes are high that the second half of 2025 – like the restoration of Holbein’s portrait of Anne of Cleves – will offer a much-needed refresh
Taking down Grenfell Tower
The decision to demolish Grenfell Tower – where 72 people died in a fire in 2017 – is inevitably controversial, but the process of doing so will be unusually considered
In praise of New York’s most egalitarian art school
The Art Students League of New York has trained many a great painter and is still going strong on its 150th anniversary
If we liked wasps more, we could learn from them
Wasps have a terrible image problem but a new exhibition highlighting their design abilities should help us get over our horror