The most unmissable culture of 2016

Tarantino goes bounty-hunting, Botticelli takes you to hell, Bowie goes dark, and Jericho fills that Downton-shaped hole … in our bumper guide to the best 150 arts events to look forward to this year

10 of the best museum shops around the world

It’s not always a case of avoiding the ‘exit through the gift store’ bit. These striking and creatively stocked museum shops are worth a visit in their own right
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The best American art shows of 2015

A thrilling show about the alignment between jazz, art and politics rocked Chicago, while the Met staged a groundbreaking show of Kongo civilization and Charles Ray’s sculpture proved too hot for the Whitney to handle

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Project Alba – the award winning 50m semi-displacement class by Heesen Yachts

Dutch shipyard Heesen Yachts has ten yachts under construction with deliveries running into 2018. One of the project sold in 2015 is Project Alba “Combining speed and space, sportiness and elegance, Project Alba is the true expression of Heesen’s DNA with her highly efficient, aluminium, hard-chine hull, seamlessly engineered by the in-house experts and impeccably crafted … Read more

A feminist Pirelli calendar and the rise of Donald Dump – the week in art

Pirelli has a bit of a gear change with Annie Leibovitz’s portraits. Plus a high-speed tour of Art Basel Miami Beach, and how Donald Trump the pottymouth sparked an art movement – all in your weekly art dispatch

Art Basel Miami Beach review – art and commerce collide by the sea

It’s the western hemisphere’s biggest and most ostentatious art fair, and if you can get past the bling there are gems to be seen, many hailing from Latin America