Jan Christian Sepp’s guide to the visual and geological properties of marble will whet the appetite of the modern readers too
The westward spread of modernist design between the wars was shaped by the migrant experience
An exhibition at the Cinémathèque française doesn’t shy away from the film-maker’s political side
Three exhibitions in the Engadin Valley explore how the Swiss mountains have inspired some of the painter’s most playful work
The Wellcome Collection’s sprawling show has a lot in common with a busy department store and proves that the beauty industry can be an exhausting business
The artist painted countless variations of a white square, but repetitive strain was never really an issue
The cathedral’s glittering 19th-century reliquaries are among the treasures that have taken up temporary residence at the Louvre
Created by a Spanish missionary and Indigenous authors and artists in the 16th century, the Florentine Codex is an intellectual feat – and now available to all
An open access publication celebrates glittering works from the 17th and 18th centuries
The lessons learned by the city’s painters in the 1500s brought about radical new forms of expression
The artist could be a touch wooden at times, but a survey in Dublin shows that his best work is full of theatrical flair
Jean-Étienne Liotard depicted the same scene first in pastel, then 23 years later in oils – and both versions can be savoured for a time at the National Gallery in London
This long overdue retrospective shows that there was very little Nicolas de Staël coudn’t do as a painter
The Antiguan-born painter spent his final years living off the land, but his scenes of paradise are more complicated than they seem
After fleeing Nazi Germany for Venezuela, Gego made intricately-woven works from industrial materials
At the Henry Moore Institute, artists and poets are hanging on to language for all they’ve got, finding meaning in the spaces between writing and objects
The Spanish-born Surrealist had a strong sense of order and a desire to remake the universe
The artist has turned his attention to the same five sitters time and again across his 60-year career, to touching effect
This impressive exhibition takes us through the very long history of a literary genre, but overlooks the part played by artists and illustrators
The artist’s smutty and satirical work wittily exposes the harsh realities of the recent past
New research and restoration offers fresh insights into the work of the Flemish masters
Patricia Butler’s account of 300 years of botanical drawings from Ireland is both a history of art and a history of science
The movement was slow to find favour in the north, but this gave Finnish artists time to take what they wanted from France
Giacomo Balla and Piero Dorazio worked nearly 50 years apart, but a dazzling show reveals their shared interest in capturing sensations
