As Moby Dick turns 175, some of the last American scrimshanders grapple with the legacy of maintaining one of the US's oldest art forms.
Here are some of the world's best new buildings that are immersed in their wild surroundings.
By sticking a banana to a wall with duct tape and calling it art, Maurizio Cattelan created one of the greatest cultural debates of recent times.
Beautiful, surreal and eerily empty, Vienna's Globe Museum the only public museum on Earth dedicated to globes, and it – quite literally – tells the story of our world.
In the 11th-Century masterpiece's tale of a contested throne, virility is equated to power – and the largest and proudest appendage. It tells a story that feels familiar today.
Water scarcity and climate change is driving communities to restore traditional water structures built centuries ago, bringing them back into use in the 21st Century.
Tracey Emin, one of Britain's most uncompromising artists, reflects on survival and a renewed urgency to create.
Find out how the ornate ceramics known as Iznik tiles hold the key to a forgotten golden age of Turkish art.
The BBC gets access to Michelangelo's 'secret hiding room' under the Medici Chapel in Florence.
Why legendary crime photographer Weegee offers a crucial lens to understanding the American psyche.
The 'Shahmaran', half-woman and half-snake, is a mythical figure popular in the folklore of Turkey.
Art critic Alastair Sooke learns about a decorative 10th-Century treasure at Doha's Museum of Islamic Art.
Sir Roy Shaw served as the Secretary-General of the Arts Council and was knighted in 1979.
The exhibitions allow visitors to meet growers and learn about the island's agricultural industry.
St Luke's Hospice said all 92 lighthouses would be on display together before being sold at auction.
The Length of a Moment artworks sit in the new public park at the Oxford North development.
The work by Turner is on loan from the National Gallery and forms part of a new exhibition in York.
Gavin and Liam from west Belfast crowned winners of the BBC's The Big Deal with Steph McGovern.
Yvonne Crossley was awarded the £15,000 prize for her winning work Octogenarian Dancer.
A portrait of Warwickshire heavyweight boxer and Commonwealth Games champion Lewis Williams is made up of 8,000 dots.
Keith Tyson said he hopes to create a space for exhibitions, education and community engagement.
The 19th Century bust, which spent more than 70 years outside, could fetch up to £18,000 at auction.
Artist Magdalena Boryn has created an exhibition to raise awareness about consent.
People are being asked to give their thoughts on plans on for the cinema, which was built in 1936.
Oxford-based artist Weimin He talks of being part of a "deeply immersive", yet "challenging" project.
An exhibition features the work of David Shenton and explores LGBTQ+ life in Britain over the years.
The new hub in Sunderland is understood to have cost close to £40m.
