To devote an entire show and a book exclusively to artists’ images of death – and nothing else – seems profoundly odd
The new film 'Loving Vincent' has its mawkish moments, but its oil-painted imagery sets it apart
Soth's photographs in 'Sleeping by the Mississippi' are beautiful and intriguing, but the stories behind them bring them to life
A new exhibition at the Bucerius Art Forum in Hamburg looks at how the market for art changed in 17th-century Holland
A monumental new study argues that 'the patronage of the French Rothschild family is a European history of taste'
Tate St Ives reopens to the public this autumn following the completion of a major expansion
The four artists shortlisted for this year's Lorck Schive Kunstpris all find ways of challenging local artistic traditions
Joseph Highmore’s morality tales are just as engaging as those of his contemporary William Hogarth
'Soul of a Nation' is the most significant contribution to debates around black art to date
James Hamilton's biography of Thomas Gainsborough presents the painter as a lad about town
A new book series explores the strange subcultures of post-war Britain, from CB radio enthusiasts to alien investigators
The portraitist was highly sought after in his heyday, but his reputation has languished in recent years
The objects in Matisse’s collection shaped his revolutionary aesthetic, and inspired him to push beyond the boundaries of the European tradition
Eleven of Lucio Fontana's 'Spatial Environments' have been meticulously recreated in Milan – and the effects are extraordinary
Featuring Goya, teddy bears and suicide vests, ‘The Disasters of Everyday Life’ is puerile, provocative, and superb
The four artists shortlisted this year tackle ideas about rootlessness and belonging in a series of understated works
The Oxford museum's lavish new publication is a triumph of scholarship
Two wax sculptures of art impresarios were ceremonially lit today in Florence's Piazza della Signoria
What did the Pre-Raphaelite painters see when they looked at the Old Masters – and how did they use what they saw?
The artist's ongoing record of what was not there becomes more thought-provoking as time passes
Cassiano dal Pozzo's paper museum, consisting of thousands of drawings, attempted to encapsulate the knowledge of his time
The paintings might be puzzles but they deserve to be better known
Paintings, jewellery, clothes, and weapons could all be used to show support for the Jacobite pretenders’ claims to the throne
'Painting India' at the Hepworth Wakefield includes many of the artist's most engaging and joyful paintings
