Smartphone photographs capture life as a soldier and the loneliness of night shifts
At 81, the artist will unveil new work around the world — but all roads lead back to his majestic Roden Crater Project
The Morgan Library’s sparkling centenary exhibition shows there was far more to the writer than the solitary antiheroes of his work
Personal mood lies at the heart of how we perceive gardens, as the National Gallery’s exhibition of the Dutch artist’s work illuminates
A theatrical tour of the Italian designers’ influences is a stunning curtain-raiser for the Paris venue
Gallerists and collectors are drawn by an impressive cultural heritage — and attractive tax arrangements
The New Yorker was given licence to disrupt the contents of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam — and add in his own works
The palace’s key role in nurturing French scientific progress is celebrated in a London exhibition
The artist’s unflinching, achingly beautiful slideshows are the focus of Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie show
Thirteen photographers traverse the realms of mind, body and soul. Plus: Marina Benjamin extols the virtues of the restless mind, Nic Fildes recounts his experience of brain surgery and Michelle Taylor argues for smell as a link between between past and present
The painter’s impact is instant and sensuous, his themes vast and inclusive: man and nature, present vs past, the rise and fall of empires. No wonder he continues to delight
Rather than a fresh start, the new year is a time to recognise our lives as an ongoing journey
HTSI writers choose the best tables, exhibitions, shopping and wellness destinations to start the year
The FT’s critics pick the cream of the crop, from film and TV to art exhibitions, theatre, dance, games, pop and classical music
Sir Chris Bryant says works must also remain a valuable part of the country’s soft power
Restoration of the biblical frescoes in the Scrovegni chapel reveals the Italian painter to be not just the maestro of human gesture and form but a brilliant botanical artist as well
From London to New York, the FT’s visual arts critics pick the most enticing shows of the year
The humble characters of the Nativity story have much to teach us about being open to ideas of spirituality
A Dutch financier’s collection of 19th-century flora and fauna has become a modern-day wunderkammer in Venice
Sacred architecture, enchanted artworks and the perfect Irish coffee
After five years of research, conservators have started hands-on work on the Rijksmuseum masterpiece
‘Make Way for Berthe Weill’ at the Grey Art Museum pays tribute to a pathbreaking figure in Paris’s avant-garde
Basquiat and Switzerland, Denzil Forrester’s journeys into dub, and more
The magical art of enchantment
The London museum’s Christmas show showcases a virtuoso whose masterpiece wowed even the invaders of Rome
