Art History

At the Centre Pompidou-Metz, the past year has seen the most extensive survey of contemporary Japanese art outside of the country in 17 years 

An insight into royal aesthetics's double nature: Charles I’s tastes and habits emerge as never before at London’s Royal Academy

The intertwined imaginations of Anthony Powell and Nicolas Poussin

What the Google Arts & Culture app tells us about our selfie obsession

The world’s leading galleries provide geographical and historical range

Monochrome painting at the National Gallery, London

Why her impact on art history is inestimable

Osei Bonsu talks to curator Germano Celant about the enduring relevance of the Italian art movement, Arte Povera – a term Celant coined 50 years ago

To what extent did the ancients colour their sculptures?

The context and legacy of Jean-Hubert Martin’s contentious 1989 exhibition, ‘Magiciens de la terre’

The extraordinary life of the late, great, gallerist and collector Alexander Iolas

From why its good to repeat jokes to how to keep it impersonal: what to read about this weekend

A brief history of the Venice Biennale

From modern art as a torture technique to transgression in grime: what to read this weekend

Zaha Hadid Architects distances itself from principle Patrik Schumacher; Glasgow Sculpture Studios to close its exhibition space

Douglas Crimp's new memoir charts his life in the galleries and gay bars of 1970s New York

Curator and author Paul Williamson talks about his long and distinguished career at London's Victoria and Albert Museum

The Medieval women who illustrated manuscripts are finally being recognized

The intermingling of classical sculpture and female self-realization in the long literary tradition of the journey to Italy

The Michelangelo sculpture that obsessed Sigmund Freud