Semiha Berksoy: Singing in Full Colour

Turkey’s first female opera singer was also a painter who had close ties with Germany, and is now the subject of a survey in Berlin

29 Nov 2024

My Teddy Bear

The king of cuddly toys gets the red-carpet treatment at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris – but life hasn’t always been a picnic for our faux-furry friends

29 Nov 2024

Parmigianino: The Vision of Saint Jerome

After a ten-year conservation project, Parmigianino’s youthful masterpiece is ready to take part in the National Gallery’s bicentenary celebrations

29 Nov 2024

In the studio with… Stanley Donwood

Best known for his designs for Radiohead’s album covers, the artist enjoys the sea air but laments the fug of wood varnish in his Brighton studio

28 Nov 2024

Magritte painting sells for $121m – highest sum ever for a Surrealist work

Plus: UNESCO places 34 sites in Lebanon under ‘enhanced protection’; Berlin to cut its arts budget by €130m; and an armed heist at the Musée Cognacq-Jay

22 Nov 2024

Julie Mehretu: A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory

The first exhibition in Australia dedicated to the abstract artist shows work from the 1990s to now

22 Nov 2024

Keeping Time: Clocks by Boulle

Ornate timepieces designed by the Sun King’s favourite craftsman go on show at the Wallace Collection

22 Nov 2024

Rachel Ruysch: Nature Into Art

The Dutch artist populated her floral still lifes with beetles, butterflies, classical sculptures and other unexpected details

22 Nov 2024

Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation

The Mexican artist drew on Surrealist and cubist influences as well as on the ancient and contemporary art of his home country

22 Nov 2024

Acquisitions of the month: October 2024

A massive bequest of Old Masters and a huge painting of a procession of giants are among the most important works to have entered museum collections recently

19 Nov 2024

Frank Auerbach has died at the age of 93

Plus: Italian police uncover a pan-European network of art forgers; and the British Museum receives a gift of Chinese ceramics worth £1bn

15 Nov 2024

The 80s: Photographing Britain

The decade is captured in all its turbulence in this searching show at Tate Britain

15 Nov 2024

Grand Dessert

Pudding has always been a sweet distraction, but as this exhibition in The Hague reveals, a little sugar brings a darker side to dessert

15 Nov 2024

Franz Kafka

The Czech writer’s work, life and cultural afterlife are the focus of this show at the Morgan Library & Museum

15 Nov 2024

Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious

A chance to get acquainted with the work of this long-neglected artist at Dulwich Picture Gallery

15 Nov 2024

Sotheby’s announces first auction in Saudi Arabia – and completes Breuer Building deal

Plus: Art Basel reported to be in talks to run Abu Dhabi Art; Ashmolean acquires rare work by Fra Angelico; and Daniel Spoerri (1930–2024)

10 Nov 2024

Solid Gold

A glittering show at the Brooklyn Museum explores the many roles and forms of the precious metal – and explores the darker side of its production

8 Nov 2024

The Art of French Wallpaper Design

In 18th- and 19th-century France, wallpapering was a sticky business – but the results really made an impression, as this show in Rhode Island makes clear

8 Nov 2024

Liliane Lijn: Arise Alive

Sculptures, paintings, collages and videos by the intrepid American artist demonstrate her lifelong interest in light, motion and myth

8 Nov 2024

Gabriele Münter: The Great Expressionist Painter

This exhibition in Madrid dedicated to a pioneer of the Blue Rider movement presents her experiments in form, light and colour

8 Nov 2024

Four things to see: Paradise lost

On the 350th anniversary of the death of John Milton, we examine four artworks that explore themes of desire, temptation, rebellion and loss

8 Nov 2024

In the studio with… Ai-Da

The AI-powered humanoid robot talks Apollo through her studio routine, which involves listening to Chopin and pondering the strangeness of her own existence

4 Nov 2024

Tens of thousands flee Baalbek after Israel issues evacuation order including World Heritage site

Plus: the UK budget announced, with mixed news for the arts; and archaeologists discover ancient Mayan city in Mexico

3 Nov 2024

Käthe Kollwitz – Mensch

The idealistic German artist channelled her considerable political energies into art both before and after the First World War

1 Nov 2024