A great 16th-century Qur’an gets the attention it deserves
A meticulous study of the Chester Beatty Ruzbihan Qur’an does justice to the ingenuity of its calligrapher
Museum highlights for the school holidays
Leading figures pick objects from UK collections to educate, inform and entertain children over the summer
Artistic strategies on China’s new Silk Road
The second Yinchuan Biennale is part of an official drive to open up the city to international visitors
The Wellcome sinks its teeth into the history of dentistry
A fascinating display takes us from the patron saint of toothaches to public health campaigns in the 1940s
The enigmatic visions of Odilon Redon
A new exhibition suggests that Redon’s pictures owe as much to literature and music as they do to the visual arts
How Monet’s water lilies took root across the pond
The French painter’s late style influenced a generation of American Abstract Expressionists
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July/August 2018
• All change at the Horniman Museum
• An interview with Mary Corse
• Westminster Abbey’s new galleries
• Theatrical set design through the ages
Plus: Parcours des Mondes preview, Sargent in the Holy Land, Göbekli Tepe up close, and George Devey’s country houses
The great West African kingdom that made its mark in gold
An exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art places the powerfully symbolic gold objects of the Asante peoples centre stage
Trevor Paglen reveals the hidden networks that rule our lives
The artist’s subjects include drones, undersea cables and a sculptural satellite in space
How the church-building boom of the 19th century began
Two hundred years ago, the English parliament passed the Act for Building New Churches, allocating £1m for the task
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A fresh look at Frida Kahlo
By placing the artist’s possessions next to her portraits, the V&A seeks to reveal the woman behind the icon
Book competition
Your chance to win ‘The Militant Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism’ by Whitney Chadwick (Thames & Hudson)
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Chantal Joffe on painting, pastel and parenthood
An interview with the British artist, renowned for expressive portraits of family, friends and fellow artists
Tracey Emin airs her feelings at St Pancras station
Boundaries between the personal and the political are broken down in Emin’s new public artwork
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?
The site of the earliest known temple on earth continues to keep its secrets
The new museum at Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey is a welcome addition, but it can’t explain everything
Sights & Sounds: Art, Nature, and the Senses
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
How contemporary art, from drawing to video, has engaged the senses and explored the natural world
21 Jul 2018 - 24 Feb 2019
Devotion to Drawing: The Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
A rare look at works on paper by the French Romantic, from watercolours to preparatory sketches
17 Jul - 12 Nov 2018
Roderic O’Conor and the Moderns: Between Paris and Pont-Aven
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
The Irish painter who helped form Post-Impressionism alongside Van Gogh and Gauguin
18 Jul - 28 Oct 2018
Yves Klein at Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
More than 50 works by the master of monochrome set in Blenheim’s palatial surroundings
18 Jul - 7 Oct 2018
40 Under 40 Asia Pacific
The most inspirational young people in the Asia Pacific art world
‘Real Detroiters are tired of their city being a symbol’
How the city’s long-term residents are fostering a thriving arts scene