Art

Van Gogh breaks records at National Gallery

Show was the London museum's most popular ticketed exhibition ever

Books | Artists Remake the World, A Contemporary Art Manifesto, by Vid Simoniti

An ambitious appraisal of art’s political role

Louise Bourgeois spider to return to Tate Modern for gallery’s 25th birthday

Maman sculpture will be reinstalled in its original home in the Turbine Hall

Q&A | ‘Healing our soil is the most effective weapon we have against climate catastrophe’

As it prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary, Somerset House is digging deep with a landmark new art exhibition

Q&A | ‘Public engagement with the idea of buying original art has definitely changed’

As the Own Art loan scheme celebrates its 20th birthday, Mary-Alice Stack tells us how it has benefited artists, museums and the public

Working life | ‘I think of museum galleries as real estate that curators don’t want to give up’

US-based artist Glenn Ligon talks about his new exhibition at Fitzwilliam Museum

Ashmolean raises £4.5m in nine months to keep Fra Angelico masterpiece in UK

Museum says acquisition will inspire a ‘total rehang’ of its Italian Renaissance galleries

UK collections boosted by Frieze art fair acquisitions

Hepworth Wakefield, Tate and the Arts Council Collection among those who have new works following the event

Nandy plans to get Government Art Collection ‘out of the basement’

Culture secretary outlines goal to bring creativity back into schools and communities

The art of healing | Jason and the Adventure of 254, Wellcome Collection, London

How one man has channelled his childhood trauma into art

A fresh perspective | The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

These redisplayed galleries offer visitors a stimulating experience

Royal Academy launches recruitment drive for new chief executive

Axel Rüger to move on to the Frick Collection in New York