Keeping the national museums free to enter comes with significant hidden costs, but admission fees are not the answer
An immaculately rendered family portrait by Lavinia Fontana and a striking copy of a Velázquez painting by Joaquín Sorolla are among the most important works to have entered public collections last month
An exhibition in Venice of the French artist’s work is conceptually dense, but does it work in visual terms?
There are delightful discoveries to be made at this year’s event, but sometimes the central exhibition fizzles where it should spark
The rest of the city still has plenty to offer, from an exploration of the travels of Marco Polo to a celebration of Jean Cocteau’s genius
From the recent history of Timor-Leste to world-building in Bulgaria, this year’s shows present a rich and varied cross-section of contemporary art from around the world
As climate change continues to affect the world and the way we see it, here are four paintings of weather events, which serve as dramatic reminders of the power of nature and of human vulnerability
Matthew Smith’s striking use of colour, learnt from the Post-Impressionists, left a mark on the British artists who succeeded him
Using nothing but a magnifying glass and the sun’s rays, the artist created sculptures that defy easy categorisation
Christopher Wood’s account of a turning point in early Renaissance art is typically demanding and always stimulating
The artist has all she needs in her capacious studio in Sydney, where her artist partner, some audiobooks and a Mexican papier-mâché skeleton keep her company
The New York native keeps up with current affairs, listens to Radio Garden and works every day – that is, when she’s not entertaining Leonardo DiCaprio
• Should museums charge entry fees?
• The awesome art of Caspar David Friedrich
• Picnicking with the Impressionists
• The rise of Indigenous art
Plus: Early Renaissance painting, egomaniac architects in film, Norway’s new grain silo-turned-museum, and the Barber Institute in Birmingham; and reviews of Jean Cocteau in Venice, Constantin Brancusi in Paris, and Michelangelo in London
The Museum of Old and New Art is offering a rare chance to listen to the only copy of Once Upon A Time in Shaolin in existence, but what will happen to the album next?
William Burrell came to own 23 paintings by the artist, but an exhibition in Glasgow shows that his contemporaries were just as appreciative
To mark the anniversary of the death of Tintoretto, we look at four magnificent artworks from the influential Venetian School of painting
The artist spent much of the 1980s making works inspired by his international trips – and showing off the results in the countries themselves
The porcelain marvels produced in the 18th century combine opulence with naturalism to heart-stopping effect
By exhibiting Two Figures in the Grass the artist succeeded in attracting the controversy he was almost certainly courting
Paying hundreds of pounds for a dessert may seem excessive, but we wouldn’t think it an unreasonable price for a work of art
The pop artist believed that artists should make work for the masses. Decades after his death, his images are everywhere
The Norwegian painter was referring to Ibsen’s play ‘Ghosts’ when he painted his dream-like landscape of 1906
The artist’s irrepressible energy shines out in this survey of her long career at Bard Graduate Center, writes Eve M. Kahn
In the 18th century, Europe was swept by a trend for art that revealed the inner lives of its subjects – and the Swiss painter encapsulated the ideas of the age
The Baltimore Museum of Art is pairing Matisse’s portraits of women with Japanese woodcut prints to reveal a shared interest in complex patterns
Two decades of photographs documenting the lives of the Black and queer communities of South Africa go on show at Tate Modern
The artist spent much of her career painting the landscapes and nature of New Mexico, but her urban scenes are just as accomplished
Grotesque portraits, lavish still lifes and chaotic religious scenes are among the works on show in this survey of Flemish art between 1400 and 1700
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