The Belgian painter reveres the Old Masters but is ‘ashamed’ by the state of figurative painting today
An exhibition at the Courtauld proves few things are more tantalising than a beautiful manuscript under glass
A Kickstarter campaign to launch an Olsen twins museum has Rakewell reaching for his absinthe bottle
LACMA just acquired an entire house – and no ordinary house at that
Iggy Pop has been getting his kit off (again), in the name of art
The Impressionist has had a hard time of things recently. Will a new film win round the haters?
We misunderstand the artist if we fail to look past his grotesque beasts and monsters
Sheena Wagstaff on the Met’s ambitious plans for the Breuer building
The first Piero, the first Simone Martini, the first Raphael… ‘Mrs Jack’ brought them all to America
George Peabody’s vision lives on, and we would do well to heed it today
Zaha Hadid’s favourite rapper, art in space, and why Prince Philip doesn’t rate Lucian Freud
Is the current trend for exhibitions exploring artistic influence just an excuse for a lack of focus?
What can museums do to deter would-be Thomas Crowns – and what are the risks they run rather more regularly?
The 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin was in part a rebellion of artists – and Dublin museums and galleries are making that clear this year
Censoring a 19th-century painting has come back to bite the social networking site
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