The reason art heists exploded in the 1970s
Like the guard injured during the Worcester Art Museum robbery, security employees rarely carried arms – and, as…
A 17th-century Hampshire townhouse that marries period elegance with comfortable informality
The American owner of this house in Hampshire first came across Max Rollitt when she read about his…
WI column: Photograph competition didn’t go very well
I gave a subject every day for members to post a photo of. I hoped during 2020 that…
Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring finally gets a name
Photography by Ilvy Njiokiktjien In a car leaving Amsterdam, one of the most engaging of cultural sleuths, the art…
Conrad Bakker Recreated All 1,100+ Books in Pioneering Land Artist Robert Smithson’s Personal Library — Colossal
An autodidact and polymath, Robert Smithson cemented himself as one of the pre-eminent land artists in his short…
Photographer captures fish leaping beside egret at Stanpit Marsh
Linda Martin, from Ferndown, had been visiting one of her favourite photography spots, Stanpit Marsh, to photograph wildlife…
Tate Buys Three Works at Frieze London 2025
On Wednesday, at Frieze London VIP day, Tate kept busy, acquiring three new works by female artists for…
BIG to weave tree-like interfaith complex through Albanian hillside
Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled plans for an interfaith complex on a hillside near Tirana, Albania, which…
Studio Egret West submits latest Bow Common housing plans
The Bow Common scheme, for Berkeley Group subsidiary St William Homes, includes up to 1,764 homes in buildings…
RIBA considers Museum of London building as new home for its collections
The RIBA has been quietly progressing proposals for housing its collections since it announced the end of its…
George Wu and Malika Favre launch ‘I Can’t Afford This But Maybe She Can’ bazaar
After five years of curating beautiful things on Instagram, I Can’t Afford This But Maybe She Can has…
Dezeen Agenda features modular sports playground by Lego and Nike
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a colourful modular playground at a primary school…