The city has long been synonymous with finance, fashion and design, but it is increasingly banking on art too
There is no shortage of material, but quality is another thing – which makes the best work command high prices and means that collectors have to get creative
Looking past the strictures of genre to judge a work on its own merits can yield great rewards, as an exhibition of Michaelina Wautier’s work attests
The idea of the beautiful and the damned ugly is a longstanding one, but a problematic one – in art as well as life
For Benjamin Markovits, a Cornish scene by Michael Canney hits the sweet spot between figuration and abstraction
A former slaughterhouse is home to the city’s newest museum and it’s just the first step in creating a new cultural district
The name Eames is synonymous with the famous lounge chair they designed, but they were also interested in the big questions about how to build and how to live
The city has been rebuilding the Residenzschloss, home of its one-time ruler Augustus the Strong, since the Second World War – and the results are worth the wait
The V&A hopes its new branch in east London is an answer to how to get younger, more diverse audiences through the door. But can such efforts survive in a changing political landscape?
From her shoe hat to her skeleton dress, the couturier’s playful creations show why she felt so at home with the avant-garde artists of her day
The Shiraz grape is native to France, but it has longstanding links with Persian courtly life and culture
The painter’s townscape of the Dominican church in Vienna shows why he more than lived up to the reputation of his uncle Canaletto
The artist was admired by the likes of Frederick Douglass and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in her lifetime, but after a period of fame she sank into obscurity – and this landmark survey is long overdue
The twists and turns of the artist’s career make for a thrilling display at Tate Modern
The French architect is famous for adding a spire to Notre-Dame, but he hit other heights too – and his misses are just as revealing
Michael Hall’s new book explores the role played by queer culture in preserving country houses for the nation
The C Comics drawn by the artist with words by New York School writers are a call to unconformity