Dalí, Darwin and Doodle Boy: an arty weekend in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
It’s the last week to catch the annual summer arts trail, but there are year-round attractions in this medieval market town
Keep the kids in the picture: art breaks around the UK
Get arty with the children this summer at these top 10 inspiring destinations
Parisian panache: six of the most spectacular Paris Métro stations
Grand designs will feature in a major expansion of the Paris Métro, but there is plenty of theatricality, beauty and swagger on show at existing stations
Malmö design festival fights back against the flat-pack
Sweden’s third city showcases independent artists and stylish restaurants reviving Scandinavia’s offbeat, sustainable design
From childhood to cubism: on the Picasso travel trail in Spain and France
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the artist’s death. Here are seven great spots to commemorate his work. By Louise Roddon
Picasso pilgrimage: a Spanish art trail marking 50 years since his death
From Málaga to Madrid, there’s a fiesta of special exhibitions this year in the places where the artist lived and worked
An arty weekend in … north Norfolk
Discover Rachel Whiteread in a PM’s parkland, Emin and Freud in the pub, and a picture-postcard beach
An arty weekend in … Southend-on-Sea, Essex
The seaside town hosts a street-art festival and the world’s first digital art park, while nearby Leigh is packed with galleries
An arty weekend in … Bishop Auckland, County Durham
The former mining town is home to Velázquez, Murillo and El Greco, the art of pitmen, and its own artist-designed tweed
An arty weekend in … Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway
A haven for artists since the 19th century, the harbour town of Kirkcudbright offers art walks, trails and a resident Rembrandt
An arty weekend in … Petworth, West Sussex
Lee Miller, Frank Auerbach and Picasso have all starred recently at this pretty market town’s eyecatching new gallery
An arty weekend in … St Davids, Pembrokeshire
In the first of a new series of art-inspired field trips, we explore the tiny city that is home to Wales’s first contemporary art hotel, Graham Sutherland exhibitions, and an epic coastline to sketch
‘Like nothing else I’ve found’: readers’ favourite small galleries in the UK
Painting or sculpture, photography or crafts … our tipsters recommend lesser-known galleries and art spaces across the country
A world of wonders and catastrophes: discovering Vermeer and his hometown
As the biggest ever show of the artist’s work is unveiled in Amsterdam, we retrace the enigmatic painter’s footsteps in Delft and also The Hague
Barcelona’s ‘other’ great architect: five of his finest buildings
Catalonia’s design gems don’t begin and end with Gaudí. The works of Lluís Domènech i Montaner deserve a closer look on the centenary of his death