‘Every work I create is a mathematical dream’ – an interview with Beatriz Milhazes
Beatriz Milhazes discusses colour, craft, and collaboration – and what her work owes to her native Brazil
‘In the age of print, art became European’
What Renaissance ceramics tell us about the European print culture of the time
‘It feels like the sculptures have landed on the roof’
Huma Bhabha discusses sci-fi, politics and her Roof Garden Commission for the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Art Brussels celebrates its 50th anniversary by looking to the future
A selection of highlights from the Brussels art fair, at Tour & Taxis from 19 to 22 April
The mystery of The Paston Treasure painting
Who was the artist commissioned to record the Paston family’s collection – and what was the purpose of the painting?
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May 2018
• An interview with Chantal Joffe
• The legacy of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
• How ancient Greece inspired Rodin
• TEFAF New York Preview
Plus: A neglected Hungarian architect, Renaissance prints, and the Royal Academy at 250
Celebrating Romani art and culture at the first Roma Biennale
The first Roma Biennale offered a riot of contemporary Romani art and performance
A tribute to Gillian Ayres (1930–2018)
Ayres has died at the age of 88 after a long, vibrant career as one of Britain’s leading abstract painters
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Solving the mystery of the Silver Caesars
A mysterious set of Renaissance silverware has been reunited for the first time in centuries
The thousand-year-old shirt from Sogdiana
Preserved in remarkable condition, this silk garment reflects the rich cultural milieu in which it was produced
Ancient civilisations get a modern makeover at the Penn Museum
The museum’s collection of more than a million artefacts is being redisplayed in a major refurbishment
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The double lives of outsider artists
Vivian Maier took thousands of photographs, but showed them to no one. Why are some artists so determined to keep their work secret?
‘This is a book about a man who painted, not about the paintings he made’
A new biography of Renoir emphasises the role the painter’s domestic life played in his work
Sylvia Pankhurst and the art of suffrage
How Sylvia Pankhurst designed the movement that won women the vote
The very Victorian nymphs of J.W. Waterhouse
How did the first viewers of ‘Hylas and the Nymphs’ interpret the painting?
Painted in Mexico, 1700–1790: Pinxit Mexici
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
How painters in 18th-century Mexico developed new pictorial traditions
24 Apr - 22 Jul 2018
James Cook: The Voyages
British Library, London
Maps, artworks and journals tell the story of Cook’s world-changing voyages to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia
27 Apr - 28 Aug 2018
Brian O’Doherty: Language and Space
Irish Musem of Modern Art, Dublin
Looking at line and language in O’Doherty’s drawings inspired by ancient Celtic script
26 Apr - 16 Sep 2018
Escher’s Journey
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
Celebrating the life and work of the graphic artist who became Leeuwarden’s most famous resident
28 Apr - 28 Oct 2018
40 Under 40 Asia Pacific
The most inspirational young people in the Asia Pacific art world
Are museums too preoccupied by visitor numbers?
League tables of museum visitor numbers may generate a lot of media coverage – but do they distract institutions from other priorities?