Features

The 14th-century pleasure palace has reopened after a two-year renovation – and its mysteries are as diverting as ever

The Franco-Prussian war led to lasting political change and left behind a rich visual record

A trove of newly discovered Hokusai drawings and a 17th-century ‘friendship book’ are among this month’s highlights

Surveying the damage at this landmark suggests how long and difficult the road to rebuild Beirut – once again – will be

For his chapel commission in Houston, the painter engaged with religion on his own terms – and forged a new, modern relevance for sacred art

More than 300 photographs at MoMA and an Aboriginal shield in Adelaide are among this month’s highlights

While museums deliberate about returning objects that were taken from their places of origin without consent, it is easier for individuals to act

The sacking of two museum directors and the axing of the ministry for culture is part of a wider struggle about who and what culture is for

The importance of public statuary and portraiture for the Romans is no better demonstrated than in the way images of personae non gratae were destroyed, disfigured or re-carved

Khadija Saye was among the 72 people who died in the fire at Grenfell in 2017. A series of self-portraits she made that year is currently on display near the tower

The discovery of remains of victims of the Terror in a chapel dedicated to Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette complicates our understanding of the monument

Struck by both Covid-19 and a fierce earthquake, Croatia’s capital city and its cultural heritage need urgent help

A century after the founding of the Leach Pottery in St Ives, the ‘father of British studio pottery’ remains an influential, if contested, figure

What does it mean to make cinema – and film directors in particular – the subject of museum exhibitions?