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Meet Tatxo Benet, Catalan businessman and the force behind Barcelona's new Museum of Censored Art – a man who has zero taboos

Barcelona gallery will feature works on religion, politics and consumerism that have been denounced, removed or attacked

Museu de l’Art Prohibit is founded by the Catalan businessman Tatxo Benet

To be truthful, artichokes are almost a mystery outside of the Mediterranean: yes, we find jars of them on the shelves of our local grocery stores…

At Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi, a major show by Olafur Eliasson bends perceptions of Renaissance architecture through dazzling site-specific installations.

At length, after the Lives of many craftsmen who have been excellent, some in colouring, some in drawing, ...

    A new opening at Palazzo Strozzi is always a big affair, particularly this one as the show marks a return to the hallowed halls upstairs as opposed to showings solely in the courtyard and exterior. Equally notable is the subject matter, strengthening the bond between Americans and Florence at a time when both desire to be united. Over 80 artworks by 53 artists detail American society over four decades, delving into the political, social and cultural moments that marked those years, such...

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, prime real estate has long been given over to European paintings. From the Great Hall, visitors are beckoned up the monumental staircase by the grand Tiepolo gallery, which leads on to 44 further galleries devoted to the museum’s stellar collection of Old Masters. These holdings, which number more than 700 works spanning the years 1250–1800, have now been partially and provisionally reinstalled, an undertaking necessitated by an epic housekeeping project: ...