‘I like to take time to understand the work and its maker’: collector Helen Sunderland-Cohen on what she has bought and why
The London-based lawyer, who oversees two cartography-based collections as well as her own personal art collection, tells us why she does not covet any museum works
From Belgian diesel tanks to Ivory Coast medallions, PAD London fair offers an eclectic mix
The design fair's 18th edition enjoyed strong sales on its opening day
Historic building in old Danish artist colony transformed into luxury hotel
CORI Hornbaek Hotel, just outside Copehagen, brings together brings together contemporary art, Mediterranean élan and the local speciality—hygge
Switzerland’s Fondation Beyeler opens £109.7m expansion
The Basel institution has added three new structures designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, while also extending its grounds
From Dante’s Hell to Zelda: rare fantasy map collection goes on view in Zurich
Cartographical works tied to famous works of fiction will feature in an exhibition at Zentralbibliothek Zürich
From the Hamptons to Saint-Tropez: design fairs PAD and Nomad follow the sun
Nomad co-founder and director Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte describes the fair as “a resort concept”
Artist Bouke de Vries creates sculptural porcelain bottles for Dries Van Noten perfume
London-based Dutch artist uses reassembled broken china fragments to create five unique vessels
At the Venice Biennale, Ukraine’s Pinchuk Art Centre finds fragile moments of joy amid loss
Once known for its celebrity-filled opening parties, the Kyiv institution now foregrounds stories of survival and resilience in wartime Ukraine
The Bahamas returns to the Venice Biennale with a joy-filled posthumous collaboration
Lavar Munroe is showing work alongside that of his mentor, the late John Beadle, celebrating the islands' community and carnival traditions
East Africa meets Western Europe as Michael Armitage takes on Venice's Palazzo Grassi
The sweeping exhibition "The Promise of Change" demonstrates the painter’s fascination with art history and mythology, and his movement between dreams and documentary
'It’s like the natural world. Nothing lasts forever': Tadashi Kawamata on creating his temporary sculptures
The Japanese artist takes the simplest of materials to make his powerful installations
Latest collection of luxury jewellery house Boucheron inspired by pioneering founder
Frédéric Boucheron created the first necklace without a clasp so that women could put it on unaided
‘It was my job to create the view’: US artist Liza Lou on making colourful works in her windowless warehouse
The California-based artist discusses her new body of work, on show at Thaddaeus Ropac in London
France's Château La Coste hosts four decades of work by designer Marc Newson
The hotel and art centre in Provence is showing the famous ‘Lockheed Lounge’ chair and ‘Electra’, a monumental 6m-high sculpture unveiled for the first time
Antwerp exhibition celebrates its homegrown fashion designers, the influential Antwerp Six
The Belgian city’s MoMu fashion museum celebrates the 40th anniversary of the designers’ international breakthrough
Ten artists receive €100,000 as winners of Chanel Next Prize 2026
The recipients—who work across visual art, performance, design, music and film—will also benefit from a two-year mentorship programme
Paris exhibition presents exceptional jewels—but Louvre heist treasures missing from line up
Three major pieces, stolen in the October robbery, are absent from the otherwise glittering presentation
Despite controversy, designs for Notre Dame’s new windows go on display in Paris
Stained-glass works by the French artist Claire Tabouret will replace the original windows, which suffered no damage in the fire that destroyed the cathedral’s spire
With the help of exhibitions, Jeanne Lanvin's eponymous fashion house is keeping her legacy alive
Lanvin’s artistic director Peter Copping and the Louvre’s Olivier Gabet share their deep admiration for the fashion legend
In pictures: demand is high at the Pavilion of Art and Design
Strong sales at the show signal the design sector’s good health
The Big Review | David Hockney 25 at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris ★★★★
The largest ever exhibition on the British artist takes over the entire Fondation Louis Vuitton building with works that go back to the very beginning
Prestigious prize for women artists celebrates 20 years with Florence show
The nine past winners of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women—Andrea Buttner and Laure Prouvost among them—are all presenting work at the Palazzo Strozzi
Wayne McGregor's new dance performance takes journey into the void with version of controversial ‘blackest black’ paint
The coating, known as Vantablack Vision, will provide the backdrop for the choreographer's new work, which opens in London on 27 February
Stairway to Rococo heaven reopens as Jacquemart-André restoration completes
Masterpieces from Rome’s Galleria Borghese will be on show alongside the built-in Tiepolo frescos of the Jacquemart-André museum, a Belle Epoque mansion originally built for a wealthy banker and his portrait-painting wife
Ellsworth Kelly retrospective in Paris celebrates artist’s handling of shape, colour and feeling
The exhibition brings together more than 100 works spanning Kelly’s entire career—and highlights the importance of the viewer to his practice
Paris's Grand Palais to reopen as temporary home to Olympics and Centre Pompidou
For the first time since 1937, visitors will be able to pass right through the cavernous nave of the Art Nouveau masterpiece
Daniel Buren takes a world tour with a series of commissions at luxury hotels from Rio de Janeiro to Tuscany
The veteran artist, famous for his bright colours, is creating site-specific installations at hotels this summer
Ghosts in the streets: Steve McQueen documentary delves into the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam
The four-hour film, shot mostly during the Covid-19 pandemic, opens in the US on Christmas Day
How to turn a flour mill into a world-class museum: architect Alejandro Aravena on his mammoth Qatar project
Chile-based practise Elemental is tasked with turning the former grain plant into an institution fit for Doha’s desert environment
Jenny Holzer highlights the ‘sheer murderousness’ of Louise Bourgeois’s work in unique collaboration
Show at the Kunstmuseum Basel brings together text works by the late artist in a year that will see three major Bourgeois exhibitions




























