In this week's episode, Ben Luke learns about Giotto’s revitalised depictions of the life of St Francis of Assisi in the Basilica of Santa Croce, speaks to the curator of the 18th edition of the Biennale de Lyon, and explores a painting by surrealist Remedios Varo on view in a major retrospective at the Louisiana Museum in Denmark

Last night’s low-risk, low energy auctions made $489m in total, including $272m for the collection of Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio, along with new records for Dorothea Tanning and Remedios Varo

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide

A survey show at the Art Institute of Chicago brings together the Spanish Mexican artist’s extraordinary paintings and reveals new insights about their creation

The annual New York art fair remains a uniquely community event but with a "broad" reach