Celebrating Romani art and culture at the first Roma Biennale
The first Roma Biennale offered a riot of contemporary Romani art and performance
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?
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
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
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April 2018
• Ferdinand Hodler’s legacy in Geneva
• An interview with Christian Boltanski
• Modern British art and the countryside
• Qajar portraits in 19th-century Iran
Plus: Decimus Burton’s glasshouses at Kew, Italian art from the Fascist period, Christiane Baumgartner’s woodcuts, and much more
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
Letter from São Paulo
Charles Saumarez Smith reflects on the art market in Brazil as the 14th edition of SP-Arte takes place
The Brazilian paintings that made a splash in wartime Britain
The recreation of an exhibition of Brazilian modernism during the Second World War is a remarkable feat
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Acquisitions of the month: March 2018
A major work of land art by Nancy Holt and Liotard’s largest extant work on pastel are among this month’s top acquisitions
On reading the Rifts of Richard Serra
The artist’s monumental drawings challenge the viewer to discover unexpected details in their pitch-black surfaces
How contemporary initiatives are reviving historic sites in Rajasthan
A sculpture park in a hill fort and a mansion showing Indian crafts are just two signs of the region’s cultural renaissance
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Sylvia Pankhurst and the art of suffrage
How Sylvia Pankhurst designed the movement that won women the vote
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
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
Why bringing the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain is a mammoth task
The 1000-year-old embroidery will have to move while its French home undergoes renovations, but should it be coming to the UK?