Renaissance

Jonathan Watkins’s triumphant swansong, after 23-years at the helm of Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, is the kind of historical show normally reserved for big public institutions

In further news: Nicky Morgan, who once suggested the arts ‘held back’ pupils, is appointed UK culture secretary

A musician of mythic, millennial legend, Drake’s legacy falls somewhere between harsh, armoured rapper and soothing, caramel-inflected R&B troubadour

On the 500th anniversary of the birth of Cosimo I, what do the Medicis’ burial clothes say about fashion and influence?

A new show at London’s Royal Academy examines the pleasure and pain of the human form 

From Antiquity to the present day, women have been crucial in shaping taste, building collections and supporting artists