Four things to see: Stolen art
This week we look at four artworks from around the world that explore the act of theft – or have been spirited away themselves
This week we look at four artworks from around the world that explore the act of theft – or have been spirited away themselves
Three Donatello fragments, a portrait by Rembrandt’s star pupil and a sculpture of a well-travelled elephant were among this year’s highlights
The Bank of England’s announcement that nature will be the theme of the next set of bank notes has led to some wild-eyed responses
The painter was one of the most successful portraitists in Europe and should be regarded as the father of the English school of painting. So why has his reputation suffered over the years?
From Charlton Heston writhing on a scaffold in the Sistine Chapel to Kirk Douglas’s dead ringer for Van Gogh, films about painters were prestige studio fare
At Loewe’s Fall/Winter 2026 show, a soft-toy menagerie by the German artist Cosima von Bonin added a playful touch
Sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s rebounded impressively, even as the situation in the Middle East worsened
Working together for more than 30 years, this quartet of artists’ idea of a studio is an experimental as their art
Designed by the architect shortly before his death 300 years ago, a ‘chamber pew’ in St George’s Church in Esher, Surrey, is a thoroughly charming anomaly
Modernists regarded the Scandinavian style as a mere throwback, but it was much more radical than it was given credit for
The Romanian sculptor expressed his creativity and identity through food just as much as art
Since its founding in 1919, Buccellati has drawn on ancient techniques to create its sparkling pieces
The largest amount of wealth ever passed down from one generation to the next is about to change hands. What risks does this pose for the art market?
Hettie Judah is captivated by the photographer’s seriously thoughtful approach to adolescence
The Roman poet’s great work Metamorphoses has had a hold on artists from the Renaissance to the present
Work by Rubens and his most illustrious successors may be rare, but demand for these paintings has never been stronger
The self-taught painter had a trememdous sense of self-belief, despite being ridiculed in his lifetime. A landmark exhibition confirms him as a singularly modern artist
Forty years after publication, Janet and Allan Ahlberg’s classic picture book delivers as much joy and humour as ever
Joseph Koerner’s account of art made in extremis turns Bosch, Beckmann and Kentridge into unexpected associates across the ages
The painter’s depiction of the murder of Jean-Paul Marat made him the very model of a Revolutionary martyr