Art History

Zoffany’s new collection of wallpapers draws from an important chapter in British design history

An exhibition aims to give voice to the ‘fallen women’ at the heart of the Victorian brotherhood

At Museo di Roma, an exhibition of sculptures by Antonio Canova celebrates the sumptuous style as one of the ‘birth-pangs of modernity’ 

A new retrospective shows a different side to the cosmic dreamer

How conservation efforts can end up fictionalizing history

An exhibition at New York’s Historical Society presents 70 arresting images from pioneering women

A collection of Medieval bestiary books go on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Marysia Lewandowska unearthed a collection of photographs while searching the Venice Archives, ahead of her display at this year’s Biennale

A new perfume installation by Paul Schütze evokes the spirit of the renowned writer

An exhibition at Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg, Berlin, sheds new light on the artist’s fascination with ancient Egypt

The collection includes robes made from salmon skin and a deerskin jacket worn by a 19th century fireman

In further news: backlash over Serpentine Pavilion architect’s unpaid interns; Whitney Museum hit by further protests

A new show at the Japan Society in New York reflects a career’s research into the emergence of the Japanese avant-garde

A new compilation traces the critic and artist’s thinking over several decades, including gems from Roland Barthes, Edward Hopper, Lucy Lippard and others 

Tate Modern is encouraging visitors to slow down at its major exhibition of the French Post-Impressionist painter

A century on, the Viennese master’s paintings and drawings still lay life bare: the angst, thrill, the thrum of flesh

Flecks of rare blue pigment found in a skeleton show women were also skilled manuscript painters 900 years ago

‘In this era of social violence and the return of the irrational, has the interhuman sphere become, paradoxically, obsolete?’

In a new book, T.J. Clark scours art historical depictions of divinity for clues about our contemporary age

English Heritage are calling for more commemorative plaques in London devoted to women from history; and you can nominate your own