Drawings
Renaissance special: Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael in Florence, drawings and tapestries—podcast
A deep dive into two London shows bringing together key works of the movement, and a spectacular series of tapestries depicting the Battle of Pavia on view in San Francisco
Italian Renaissance drawings show at Buckingham Palace includes Titian study never seen in Britain
Works by Raphael and Leonardo will also be featured in the London exhibition, which aims to reconsider artists of the period as draughtsmen, in addition to painters or sculptors
Late Michelangelo drawings—including his deeply meditative crucifixions—explored in London exhibition
British Museum show focuses on the final three decades of the Italian master’s life
Photographer Edward Burtynsky brings in high-tech scanner to help digitise Inuit art
The complex machine, developed in collaboration with Factum Arte, processes thousands of drawings from the Cape Dorset collection
David Shrigley tells us about his new book and why he chose the ‘shit’ title
The British artist gives us an insight into the work behind his latest publication, which brings together more than 200 recent drawings
Frank Auerbach’s drawings brought out of the shadows
A new book explores the artist’s scratchy, enigmatic drawings of people, long “crowded out” by his heavily textured paintings
Rediscovered Richter drawings at Art Basel shed light on artist's painting process
A series of sketches for the artist's monumental SDI painting of 1986 are believed to be the "only studies for an abstract painting to have survived"
As butterflies decline at alarming rate globally, new book publishing 18th-century drawings is invaluable resource
Iconotypes: a Compendium of Butterflies and Moths, the long-overdue publication of the naturalist William Jones's extensive illustrations, will enable further research
Can artists change the world? MoMA show explores political art from the early 20th-century
The works on paper from the Merrill C. Berman Collection include designs for Communist posters and salad oil advertisements
Talking Heads singer David Byrne sells his quirky quarantine illustrations
The images, known as dingbats, are offered by Pace Gallery in New York for $3,000 each
After controversial cancellation in Cleveland, Mass MoCA will exhibit Shaun Leonardo’s images of Black victims
Drawings exploring systemic violence and injustice will also travel to Bronx Museum of the Arts
Giuseppe Penone presents two big gifts of drawings to Philadelphia Museum of Art and Centre Pompidou
Arte Povera sculptor hopes that his donations of hundreds of works on paper will start a dialogue
This facsimile of a late 16th-century Italian manuscript on how to fence is a masterpiece of draughtsmanship
Camillo Palladini was a master swordsman whose work has been lost for centuries until this publication
The full-colour beauty of the recently restored Catherine de’ Medici tapestries is revealed in this catalogue
Vibrant illustrations are accompanied by essays that discuss the history, creation and purpose of the textile works
Old Masters, new tricks: Chatsworth House drawings are off to Sheffield
Almost 60 works by artists including Rembrandt, Annibale Carracci and Sebastiano del Piombo will go on show at the Millennium Gallery
Paul McCarthy's Hammer Museum retrospective reveals lines of continuity
Los Angeles exhibition reveals how drawings have shaped the multi-media artist’s work over 56 years
Celebrating a French artist who captured a young America
Exhibition profiles the intrepid Baroness Hyde de Neuville, who chased down Napoleon and was friendly with America's founding fathers—and never stopped drawing
A New York salute to Rube Goldberg and his outlandish contraptions
Queens Museum celebrates a cartoonist who seems more relevant than ever
Albertina’s Albrecht Dürer drawings enjoy a rare outing
Exhibition will bring together Vienna museum’s collection with key loans from European institutions, as well as unveiling a raft of new theories
This book of essays explores the varieties and definitions of Islamic art
The authors ask “What is Islamic about ‘Islamic’ art?”
Drawing with the ashes of Isis-ravaged buildings: Piers Secunda on the art of destruction
Artist’s works on iconoclasm in Mosul are currently on show at the Imperial War Museum in London
Star exhibit at the Met: the Christopher Dresser album the V&A could not afford
Modern designs at the Met
This carefully selected exhibition of the Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo is small and perfectly formed
The MA curatorial show at the Barber Institute, Birmingham, challenges many of our assumptions
A book of wallpaper art for students
The botanical illustrations of Alexander von Humboldt in poster form
Back to the drawing board: new London fair pushes works on paper
Draw Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery caters to fans of the quieter medium with a range of budgets
Portrait sketch of Leonardo da Vinci discovered in Britain’s Royal Collection
The drawing, believed to be one of only two contemporary images of the artist, will go on show for the first time at the Queen’s Gallery in London
Emma Kunz and the art of healing: drawings used in rituals come to London
Serpentine Gallery presents the first UK exhibition of the mystical Swiss artist’s geometric drawings
Rembrandt special: the complete artist
As shows marking the 350th anniversary of the Old Master's death open, we look at his masterpieces at the Rijksmuseum, Dulwich Picture Gallery and the British Museum. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Restored Raphael cartoon gets new display at Milan’s Biblioteca Ambrosiana
The full-scale preparatory drawing for the Vatican’s School of Athens fresco is going back on view after a four-year restoration