Arts

Ralph Gleis, the director of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, has been appointed to succeed Klaus Albrecht Schröder as general manager of the Albertina in Vienna from January 1, 2025, …

Vincent Geerling opened his gallery, Archea Ancient Art, in Amsterdam in 1995 and co-organized the Brussels Ancient Art Fair and the Basel Ancient Art Fair (both now defunct). Since retiring …

Jonathan Fine’s journey, from his childhood in New York to his appointment as managing director of the Kunsthistorisches Museumsverband in Vienna, has seen many twists and turns, including many years …

Alfredo Boulton (1908-1995) was a dapper and sophisticated Venezuelan born in Caracas, from a wealthy family of merchants who, like many Latin American intellectuals of the time, devoted himself to …

When I first read the title of this book, I immediately thought of Thomas Pynchon’s novel The Gravity Rainbow (1973), which tells the story of the Nazis’ secret development and …

The National Gallery has just staged its most popular charge exhibition ever, not at its London home but in China. Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National GalleryLondon closed …

Under pressure from the cost of living crisis, the Jewish Museum London will close on July 30 and sell the building to fund its planned move to a new, larger …

A stolen fragment of a 3,400-year-old stone statue of Ramses II was returned to the Egyptian government by Swiss culture official Carine Bachmann during a ceremony at the Egyptian Embassy …

Visitors to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, UK can see a painting by Mexican artist Aliza Nisenbaum depicting nurses, doctors and porters who continued to work there during the …

Writer and art historian Nick Trend tells us how he chose art for his new book and why such choices can often be subjective