Rare Jungle Book painting to go on show at Kipling’s home
The Return of the Buffalo Herd, by teenage prodigies Edward and Charles Detmold, can be seen at Bateman’s after conservation
‘They ask only not to be forgotten’: Barry Lewis’s heartbreaking portraits of the Soviet Union’s gulag survivors
Taken in 1991, during the glasnost era, these extraordinary photographs are a powerful reminder of one of the darkest periods in Soviet history
On my radar: Dave Eggers’s cultural highlights
The American author on whale watching, Kehinde Wiley’s hypnotic paintings and an indispensable Canadian singer-songwriter
Harry Brockway obituary
Other lives: Artist specialising in stone carving, letter cutting and wood engraving whose illustrations were commissioned by Penguin and the Folio Society
‘An enigma, an artist who walked to his own beat’: the everyday sublime of photographer Saul Leiter
The late American photographer, who quietly captured small, luminous details of life on the streets of New York, is celebrated in the biggest UK show of his work
‘I felt like an FBI agent’: the author who infiltrated the art world
Cork Dork author Bianca Bosker has turned her gaze toward art with her new book, trying to immerse herself in a world that wanted nothing to do with her
Family of Discworld illustrator seek wealthy patron to conserve legacy of ‘one of the great artists of our time’
Relatives of Josh Kirby, who also produced artwork for Star Wars and many well-known authors, hope to keep the sci-fi and horror artist’s collection together for future generations
Charleston aims to bring Bloomsbury group works back to ‘rightful home’
Charity that runs house in East Sussex launches bid to fill gaps in collection with ‘treasures’ held in private hands
The big picture: Sage Sohier capturing playfulness in 1980s America
The photographer’s early work, rediscovered in lockdown, has a quickened intensity and of-the-moment thrill
Were the monks on drugs? How The Book of Kells went fully psychedelic
Spirited to Ireland to save it from the Vikings, this wild illumination of the New Testament, full of gilded curls and coils, is one of the most ecstatic artworks ever – and now it’s gone gloriously immersive
Josef Koudelka: Next by Melissa Harris review – in praise of a wandering star
A visual biography of the restless and revered Czech photographer reveals his affinity with the Roma people and his eye for haunting, unforgiving landscapes
Warhol After Warhol by Richard Dorment review – after Andy: the art of the deal
Art critic Richard Dorment brings to vivid and fearsome life the characters in a protracted and hugely expensive legal battle over the authenticity of a Warhol print
‘We have to shoot in colour or they’ll kill us’: the day a young Kate Moss hit the fashion stratosphere
Fresh from Croydon, the model had a ball in 1990s New York. But the carefree images, which feature in a new book, got the photographer fired
Earthly Delights by Jonathan Jones review – Renaissance mania
The Guardian’s art critic casts a meticulous and joyful eye over western art’s big bang
The best European culture of 2023
Critics, writers and broadcasters pick their home country’s cultural highlight of 2023, which they hope will find international success in 2024