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It’s time to separate Lucian Freud’s life from his art
The painter’s biography has long tended to loom over his works, but Stephen Patience tries to turn his attention to the actual art
The medieval Tuscan borgo where art grows among the vines
The proprietors of Castello di Ama commission artworks as an offering of thanks to the land and its spirit, which infuses their winemaking
The irresistible cool of Bernice Bing
The Asian Art Museum is reviving interest in a painter who was at the heart of San Francisco’s arts scene in her lifetime, but all too quickly forgotten after her death
At Antwerp’s most important museum, Old Masters and modern art now share top billing
After 11 years of being closed, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp has reopened with an ingenious extension that means Old Masters and modern art now share the limelight
The Russian modernist who made the European avant-garde feel at home
Marianne Werefkin has long been overshadowed by her male peers, but the Royal Academy’s show devoted to modernist women may restore her to her rightful place
At this year’s Istanbul Biennial, the city is the real star
This long-delayed edition of the event puts Istanbul front and centre and encourages visitors to rediscover and reinvent its public spaces
How are UK museums going to keep the lights on this winter?
The government’s energy caps offer short-term relief, but if museums are really going to serve as ‘warm havens’ they need more certainty
The many faces of the Queen
From Cecil Beaton to Lucian Freud, some of the greatest names of the late 20th century have captured the Queen’s likeness
Acquisitions of the Month: August 2022
A painting by the late American artist Emma Amos and a devotional triptych by the Spanish painter Fernando Gallego are among this month’s highlights
Why nostalgia is at the heart of Brazil’s bicentenary celebrations
The bicentennial of Brazil’s independence falls at a troubling time, so it’s no wonder the commemorations focus on an idealised past
For most artists, there’s no such thing as the ‘wrong’ side of a piece of paper
Though we rarely encounter them, the preparatory sketches and absent-minded doodling on the backs of drawings can reveal much about what an artist really had in mind
The South Korean island with something for everyone
Andrew Russeth finds that Jeju Island offers everything from a teddy bear museum to masterpieces of modern Korean art
What should happen to Paris’s abandoned colonial garden?
The neglect of the Garden of Tropical Agronomy points to a wider ambivalence about what to do with the city’s colonial sites
Making over Umbria’s greatest museum
The Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, home to some of Perugino’s most important works, can now display its outstanding collection in suitably grand style
How Ferdinand I de’ Medici set his might in stone
Curator Alessandra Griffo of the Uffizi tells Apollo how a remarkable pietra dura table-top would have dazzled visitors to the Medici court
The grand restoration of Palazzo Butera
Fresh connections between contemporary art and Old Masters come to the fore in this 400-year-old palace, which has been transformed into a museum and home
The saucy legends of the champagne coupe
The distinctive saucer-shaped glass might have fallen out of fashion, but the tales of its origins still make for titillating table talk
How gastronomic maps paved the way for regional French cooking
The first gastronomic map of France may have been created to serve the appetites of greedy Parisians, but it also opened up new ways of eating
Will Alexander Pope’s underground grotto finally come to light?
The poet’s bejewelled lair on the banks of the Thames was his pride and joy – and its restoration shines new light into the shadowy depths of his mind
What artists are really doing when they take up residencies
Recent initiatives are expanding on the traditional model of patronage through community engagement, cross-disciplinary collaboration and mentorship schemes
Acquisitions of the Month: July 2022
Two significant works by Renaissance masters to the National Gallery in London are among this month’s highlights
How Vernon Lee kept her finger on the pulse of gallery-goers
Long before the invention of the visitor-response survey, the writer was curious about how works of art affected their viewers
The blingy side of Botticelli
The painter’s use of gold in his works suggests a debt to earlier artists – and reveals a more antiquarian side of 15th-century Florence
Playing with fire – how rising fuel prices are endangering Murano’s glass industry
As the cost of gas continues to increase across Europe, the Venetian island’s glassmakers are fighting to preserve a centuries-old tradition
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