Stepping into an art gallery after the interminable months of screen-watching was more slap than hug. There was a sense of having to learn something afresh, like trying on new shoes or feeling your teeth after a visit to the hygienist. Those critics who have been making hay during the lockdown — readers of novels, […]

The museum is pinning its hopes on a show of Fabergé’s gewgaws

Plus, an encounter with survivors of the Waco siege brought about a revelation

There’s a seismic shift happening in art as, at last, the lives that have been excluded start to take centre stage

Zanele Muholi’s self-portraits are magical

A lucky few graduates seize the moment — with work that questions nature and identity

Titian’s Poesies are united for the first time at the National Gallery, and Waldemar Januszczak is awestruck

Were Lucas Cranach’s paintings of naked ladies there to titillate — or to educate? By Waldemar Januszczak

A resonant photography exhibition focusing on segregation in 1950s America turns the lens on to the everyday cruelties and injuries of racism

The challenges of lockdown have been met with varying degrees of success online by art galleries, says Waldemar Januszczak