With the spotlight at the Venice Biennale falling all-too-often on the 30 national pavilions in the Giardini, writer Jennifer Higgie asks whether this 19th-century format still makes sense

At The Box, Plymouth, the paradigm-shifting show presents more than 300 paintings, sculptures, ceramics, weavings and films in blazing celebration of the profoundly rich culture

Jennifer Higgie on how the mirror’s mass production changed the course of art history – and liberated women artists

From an exhibition of Francis Bacon’s ‘beasts’ to Terrence Malick’s film on the life of Christ, these are the top picks for the year

Mining executives knew the spiritual value of the ancient Indigenous site – and they blew it up anyway

The film proposes Ancient Egypt as something far more alive than its ruins might suggest

A long-overdue exhibition at London’s National Gallery shines a light on a great baroque artist

‘My Garden’s Boundaries Are the Horizon’ at the Garden Museum, London

A new season about significant women artists from the past who deserve our attention

‘Love, Desire, Death’ at the National Gallery, London, brings together six late works that pose questions about our current world