The artist’s designs for Elizabeth David’s cookery books evoke a happy world of fine living and dining
The artist’s fashion etchings hint at the delight in transient pleasures that is so evident in his paintings
What exactly does it take to create an online exhibition? And will such platforms still be of use after lockdown?
A transformative gift for Cleveland Museum of Art and some metal detectorists’ finds are among this month’s highlights
The 250th anniversary of the poet’s birth prompts a reflection on his complicated relationship with the visual arts
An interdisciplinary project at the Fitzwilliam Museum has revealed tantalising possibilities about Jacopo del Sellaio’s Cupid and Psyche
How the women at the heart of the Restoration court ‘weaponised’ portraits that flaunted their influence over the king
The National Gallery’s Artemisia exhibition may be postponed, writes its curator, but there are plenty of ways to explore her work in the meantime
Some choose their wallpaper, some have paint schemes thrust upon them... a decorative dérive through the history of colour and interiors
After a period of critical neglect the artist is at last in the ascendant, as his great friend James Baldwin always thought he would be
From Raymond Chandler to Tracey Emin, writers and artists alike have long been seduced by the melancholy brilliance of neon
The final years of Paul Klee's life coincided with the rise of Nazism – but the painter deployed his taste for humour and satire to the last
Painters from Constable to the present day have been inspired by urban waterways as a place for both lovers and labourers
It may be on Unesco’s list of World Heritage sites, but the houses of the famous district have suffered years of neglect
The contemporary art satellite of the Albertina was set to open last week. Visitors will find solace there, says its director, when the lockdown is over
In depicting the final journey of a fêted battleship, Turner tweaked the facts to inflate the pathos of the scene
One of Landseer’s earliest masterpieces and a 16th-century drug jar are among this month’s highlights
The fashion designer, who has died at the age of 93, filled his Upper East Side apartment with art – from Old Master drawings to Anselm Kiefer. In this republished interview from 2017, he discussed the evolution of his collection
The collection is now displayed with a greater sense of social history – without sacrificing aesthetic delight
As the art world makes for Maastricht, it’s worth casting an eye further abroad to the full range of events and shows across the region
The transfer of obelixes and sphinxes to Cairo is the latest episode in a long history of rulers using the ancient past for their own ends
For just one week the full set of surviving tapestries commissioned by Pope Leo X could be seen in their original setting
The presence of the Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc has raised the cultural profile of the small town in Brittany
A round-up of museums and archives that have released high resolution images into the public domain
