The flying saucers have landed: Qatar’s thrilling new supersized museum

It took 18 years to build, has nearly a mile of galleries and is inspired by a desert rose. But is Jean Nouvel’s eye-popping creation for the world’s wealthiest nation too extravagant to fill?

‘We never thought it would happen’: Thomas Heatherwick’s $200m gamble

The British designer has landed in New York with the Vessel, an extravagant 150ft-tall structure, the most talked about element of Hudson Yards

Beyoncé effect fills galleries with a new generation of art devotees

Fame sells: that’s the lesson in a survey revealing the world’s most popular exhibitions during a bumper year

How to move a masterpiece: the secret business of shipping priceless artworks

What happens when a forklift goes through your Picasso? By Andrew Dickson

Fashion people eat? The rise of edible merchandise

Next month Prada will open a branch of its Marchesi 1824 bakery in London. And it is not the only fashion house designing its own snacks and eateries

From Hepworth to Rodin: UK sculpture collection to be catalogued online

Thousands of publicly owned artworks to be listed in database over next two years