Focus
City of Santa Monica acquires Edgar Ramirez painting from Frieze Los Angeles
Collaboration enables the work from the fair’s Focus section to join the Art Bank collection of the local municipality
Ignominy to influence: a history of women at the Royal Academy
London institution’s founders included two women, but a long period of male domination has only recently been challenged
We go behind the scenes as the Royal Academy celebrates 250 years
Delve into the heart of the revamped London institution—expanded, embellished and eccentric as ever
Getting to know the real Tintoretto
A string of exhibitions celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Venetian master’s birth will help to bring him back into favour
In focus: Scythians, Warriors of the steppes
The Scythians' tombs have yielded hundreds of gold and silver objects
Following the warp and weft of time: Tapestries in all their glory at the Met
Tapestry is as alluring a medium to today’s artists as Renaissance ones
Clarity in the fog of war: the drawings of Laura Footes
She bases her drawing partly on her experiences at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, “the largest military hospital in Europe”
Negotiating a united front: Berlin's culture minister Christoph Stölzl takes on funding culture in the capital
It risked bankruptcy to become the capital, and a deal with the federal government gives Berlin DM100m a year—providing that plum institutions come under national control