Da Vinci’s vino: a visit to Leonardo’s vineyard in Milan

While painting the Last Supper, Leonardo would retire to his small vineyard across the road. After being badly damaged in the second world war, the vines are flourishing again and the house is open to visitors

Artful Accra: Ghana’s 60th marked by the birth of an ambitious gallery

The opening of a striking new arts hub shows that creativity is alive and kicking in Ghana’s capital, where young creatives are building on the work of their internationally recognised forebears

Rock art to digital films: on the territory’s art trail

The Northern Territory is an art lover’s paradise with ‘bush TVs’, Hermannsburg pottery, contemporary Indigenous artworks and more

Trans-Siberian Railway: a view from Moscow to Vladivostok – a photo essay

On a 9,288km journey inspired by the centennial anniversary of the railway’s completion in 1916, photographer Annie Ling captures life onboard the Trans-Siberian Railway, and beyond the carriage window

Prehistoric cave art celebrated at new Lascaux centre in Dordogne

Lascaux 4, a spectacular replica of France’s most celebrated cave art using interactive guides and multi-screen displays, opens on 15 December

Art and artists revive Lima’s most notorious barrio

The Peruvian capital’s once-grand port area, Callao, spent decades in the grip of drugs gangs. But now an art initiative is bringing life and culture back to its plazas and palaces

Why avant garde Graz is Vienna’s cooler little sister

A huge student community and a multicultural edge combine with a rich history of innovative art to make Austria’s second city an alluring city break choice

On the waterfront: Lisbon’s riverside regeneration

Boyd Tonkin finds great buildings, a bold new art gallery and custard pies to die for in Portugal’s capital

Las Pozas, Mexico, the folly and fantasy of a British eccentric

In the mid-20th century, poet Edward James created a ‘Surrealist Xanadu’ of concrete sculptures, waterfalls and ponds in the rainforest north of Mexico City

Gaudí’s partner in iconic Barcelona design finally gets the limelight

Josep Maria Jujol’s contribution to Gaudí’s Barcelona masterpieces, and those he created himself in Catalonia, have been overlooked. A new documentary seeks to give him the recognition he deserves

10 of the best European cities for art deco design

Art deco’s straight lines and bold shapes were an expression of early-20th-century belief in technology and progress. Here are 10 cities around Europe that best showcase this exuberance

10 of the best sculpture parks in Europe

Picturesque and thought-provoking, art and the natural landscape combine beautifully at these city, coastal and countryside parks

Dundee: ‘A little pot of gold at the end of the A92’

The city on the silvery Tay is often derided, but it has much to offer – not least its art, says Debbie Lawson, who has just added to its treasures

Arthouse in Tuscany

Villa Lena is part rural retreat, part creative workshop – with an ambience like something out of a Bertolucci film

On Everest: meet the people scaling the world’s highest peak

It’s been described as ‘high altitude roulette’, and claimed 19 lives in last year’s earthquake. So why do it? Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer find out