Luke Syson is Director and Marlay Curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
The historian of 18th- and early 19th-century art combined a deep love of objects with an equally deep love of ideas
The 16th-century frescoed palace has been sexed up with a show exploring power and desire in the mannerist’s art
John Richardson was lavish, louche and learned – and one of the great characters of New York
