Michelangelo: Tiny sketch of a foot sells for more than $27 million
When the owner of a tiny sketch sent a photo of it to an auction house’s online valuation…
Turner Works transforms warehouse complex into Florentia Village
Architecture studio Turner Works has used “robust, hardworking” materials in its extension of an old textile manufacturing site…
Go deep into Freud, follow Gwen John home and watch Giacometti melt – the week in art | Art and design
Exhibition of the Week Lucian Freud: Drawing Into PaintingDig deep into the vision of this great artist with…
A row of disjointed cottages transformed into a welcoming home with views over the South Downs
The final piece of the puzzle was the entrance. ‘The door they had been using was tucked in…
UAE art guide: 15 museum and gallery exhibitions to see, including a student-curated show in Sharjah
This week’s exhibitions include the last chance to see the solo show in Dubai by Wissam Shawkat, Al…
Mangled and bent, the Louvre heist’s surviving treasure is undergoing ‘complete restoration’
When thieves broke into the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery and cut through display cases with an angle grinder, they…
The longer I look at this Trump orchestra painting, the stranger it gets
Donald Trump has been known to share surreal artworks depicting him in various grandiose settings. But if you…
New John Constable exhibition coming to Christchurch Mansion
John Constable, born 250 years ago, is at the heart of Constable: A Cast of Characters, a new…
Netherlands returns 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt
The Netherlands has returned a 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt after the looted artefact resurfaced at a Dutch art…
Bernadotte & Kylberg designs suites in Stockholm hotel
Stockholm’s largest hotel has unveiled three suites designed by Carl Philip Bernadotte, better known as Prince Carl Philip…
‘My images have appeared on billboards in Times Square, on the cover of Rolling Stone’ – The Irish Times
I grew up in Lucan in west Dublin. It was very typical suburban Dublin. We lived in a…
New Strawberry Shortcake design sparks generational warfare
When Strawberry Shortcake made her greeting card debut back in 1977, nobody predicted that she’d become the cultural…