This extract from a new book about works in the Dulwich Picture Gallery by Helen Hillyard and Jennifer Scott reveals the story behind the artist's 1663 portrait of Lady Digby

All you ever wanted to know about Hals, from an 18th-century biography to a 1994 novel of the artist's “lost diaries”—selected by the Rijksmuseum curator Friso Lammertse

This year's milestone will be celebrated with multiple shows around the globe

All you ever wanted to know about Botticelli, from a monumental monograph of 1908 to a dynamic account of the artist’s workshop practices—selected by the curator Furio Rinaldi

We round-up the biggest shows opening each month

There is something for every art lover among our pick of the publications—from a forgotten 17th-century painter to a lively history of dyes

All you ever wanted to know about Rothko, from the artist's own writings to the most complete study of his famous Seagram Murals

The Royal Collection Trust, which runs the museums in London and Edinburgh, declines to give further details on change of heart

All you ever wanted to know about Miller, from a biography and collection of love letters to a book of her recipes—selected by the curator Martin Pel

The itinerant lives of the Brazilian and Turkish artists chime with the theme of his central exhibition next year

Art is not just for the mega-rich: there are ways to buy good-quality works on a modest budget

From Old Master portraits and grainy photographs to sculptures on chairs and naked performances

All you ever wanted to know about Rego, from the best catalogues to a behind-the-scenes dive into her studio—selected by her son Nick Willing

All you ever wanted to know about Lichtenstein, from an encyclopaedic career survey to a collection of his unexpectedly witty mirror paintings—selected by the art dealer Irving Blum

The Japanese artist, whose latest show opens in San Francisco this month, explains the connection between his colourful aesthetic and darker influences, including natural disasters and the pandemic

First major survey of Dutch painter in three decades will include reunited panels and monumental paintings

From dystopian biography and intelligent plants to “monstrous mothers” and the underwater world, avid readers share their top tips

Phones will also be banned in the exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow

The Oscar-winning artist’s work was recently exhibited at the Serpentine South gallery in London

An interactive show of multimedia works has opened at Museum Tinguely while the Fondation Beyeler has reunited a series of Basquiat paintings

At their Museum Tinguely retrospective, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller welcome participants interacting with their works, which combine elements of theatre, video and sound design

Four excerpts from a book by Lauren MacDonald exploring the myths and origins of familiar colours

The rare stater depicting a satyr—a "marvel of speaking portraiture"—was once in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum but was sold to raise money for the Soviet government

In an extract from an essay accompanying a newly published facsimile, Peter Walther tells the story of how this remarkable publication came about

All you ever wanted to know about Haring, from his personal journals to interviews with the likes of Roy Lichtenstein and Madonna—selected by the curator Sarah Loyer

All you ever wanted to know about Basquiat, from his best quotes to an “intimate insight” from his family—selected by the curator Dieter Buchhart

The museum narrowly beat the Met Fifth Avenue in New York into second place in 2022

The New York institution, usually the most popular art museum in the US, was overtaken in 2022 by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC

Our exclusive Visitor Figures 2022 survey shows that numbers in Paris and Seoul were almost back to normal last year, while other major centres such as London struggled to hit pre-pandemic levels

Ahead of a new show of dog portraits at London's Wallace Collection, we round-up some publishing treats for you to paw over