Albrecht Dürer, born in 1471, believed ‘the new art must be based upon science’

A rating system originally developed for chess is used to match evenly-skilled players

A painting of George IV’s embarkation at Dún Laoghaire, renamed Kingstown in his honour, captures grand social occasion

Artist Niamh McGuinne on combing through the rich and strange history of hair

Renaissance man meets Renaissance woman

A beautifully curated exhibition in Paris showcases masterworks with a Hungarian edge

The Portuguese city has been spruced up without compromising its antiquity and is full of cool bars and quirky restaurants

Major exhibition about Germany challenges British assumptions

Investigators have no contact with elderly man who hoarded 1,400 priceless art works for decades