This exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum examines how modern artists have presented themselves through portraiture
What is it about art and espionage? The spies and assassins of BBC America’s hit show have sophisticated tastes in meeting venues
Art museums that consider themselves places of reflection should be thinking harder about what they are for and what needs to change
A masterful pastel by Liotard and more than 100 scenes of New York are among this month’s highlights
A Fang reliquary sculpture with an illustrious history is the first classical African work to be offered in a contemporary evening sale
Splendid the isolation may be at the great Palladian hall and estate in Norfolk – but a sense of purpose is missing without visitors, write its chatelains
Providing open access to digitised collections has spurred creativity and research worldwide – so why are the UK’s flagship museums so slow on the uptake?
Lee Miller’s last great reinvention is also her least well known – as an accomplished and authoritative cook at her East Sussex farmhouse
The Decameron is but one of the historical touchstones that commentators have turned to during the health crisis. But do they really help us orientate ourselves?
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Museum MORE has done a great deal to invigorate a genre once seen as hopelessly old-fashioned
The former transport secretary has been appointed as a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery – so he must be a museum fanatic, right?
The painter’s painstakingly precise botanical illustrations were highly sought after in the 17th century
Ahead of its planned opening this autumn, the Munchmuseet presents an exhibition of the artist’s selfies
Zoom in on every detail of James Thornhill’s spectacularly baroque scheme – Britain’s answer to the Sistine Chapel
The Kunstmuseum den Haag reopens with a show delving into the world of Dutch delftware
The Pitti Palace presents the first major survey of the 17th-century artist’s precisely observed paintings
Transporting yourself to house museums is a consolation during lockdown – but they face a precarious future
The 12th-century castle and surrounding town, located some 250 miles from London, have long attracted visually attentive visitors
When commercial galleries in the UK reopen, they will need to be mindful of social-distancing rules and wary of legal obligations for online sales
A tribute to the American artist, whose haunting canvases ushered in a new wave of expressionism in painting
Blake Gopnik’s new biography sets out to solve the puzzle of a man who saw his life as an extension of his art
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