Why the British have been obsessed with Spain for 400 years
The Royal Academy’s new blockbuster exhibition is the latest chapter in our centuries-old infatuation with all things Spanish
The Royal Academy’s new blockbuster exhibition is the latest chapter in our centuries-old infatuation with all things Spanish
Last year, fine art boomed, while NFT sales plunged by 90 per cent. In 2023, look to surrealism and bright young things
Our cathedrals are treasure-houses of beautiful art and artefacts, from the largest medieval world map to a millennium-old sundial
Brought out just once a year, but now in a bright new home, these works by the great Romantic artist have never looked better
From Top Gun: Maverick to The Makropulos Affair, Wet Leg to The White Lotus – our experts select the year's newly minted masterpieces
From designing the new World Trade Centre to creating a limited-edition cognac decanter, the architect embraces any challenge with optimism
Climate activists attacked Old Masters and Damien Hirst went up in smoke as the art world was turned on it head
New biopic Charlotte, which is overloaded with celebrity voice cameos, leaves the big questions hanging
Veronica Ryan' has some strong work behind her, but Heather Phillipson was the finest artist on this year's shortlist
The popular artist, whose work is still snobbishly dismissed in academic circles, has never had an exhibition abroad – until now
An innovative new online exhibition, Fruits of the Spirit, is smothered in meandering texts which recall Radio 4’s Thought for the Day
We pick this winter’s hottest tickets for theatre, pantomime, concerts, comedy, ballet and more
In an age where anything provocative is usually met with a nihilistic shrug, why do viewers still react so strongly to sex scenes on TV?
Inspiration Lives Here, adjacent to A House for Artists in Barking, is a charmingly rough-hewn tribute to British architectural principles
A bitter inheritance battle between Michael Butler's children led to his Ming hoard being split up. But can it be restored?
As the Wellcome Collection apologetically shuts down its own 'racist' exhibition, a moral crisis is embroiling institutions globally
Leatherhead, where I grew up, was damned by the critic Ian Nairn. Sixty years on, I went back to find out why
This daring, revelatory new show at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds explores and exposes Victorian mores with great flair
Horror in the Modernist Block, a new show at Ikon in Birmingham, brings out the dark underbelly of 20th-century hopes and dreams
Rare dinosaur skeletons are now fetching eye-watering sums from ‘macho’ young private collectors at fine art auctions. Blame Jurassic Park