Crowd-pleasing art in 17th-century Amsterdam
Aside from the usual refreshments, the city’s taverns offered a highly engineered form of popular entertainment
Aside from the usual refreshments, the city’s taverns offered a highly engineered form of popular entertainment
Long after David Sassoon’s descendants had entered the highest echelons of English society, their collecting reflected the family’s ties to the Middle East, India and China
Built as a residence for Prince Eugene of Savoy, the Vienna museum with a tangled history is now a home for Old Masters and modern art
Stephan Kemperdick of Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie talks Apollo through Hugo van der Goes’s stylish depiction of the saint
Theodoor Rombouts was a great assimilator of styles, but he was more than just another of the Caravaggisti
There’s plenty to see beyond the walls of the MECC, including Flemish Caravaggism in Ghent, Swedish mysticism in Brussels and a once-in-a-lifetime Vermeer show in Amsterdam
In the pursuit of greater accessibility, institutions are making themselves oddly unapproachable
The Parisian art fair returns to its spring slot, plus our pick of gallery shows coming up
Has Compton Verney uncovered the identity of the mysterious Master of the Countess of Warwick?
A show in Paris reveals there may be more to the French artist’s paintings than meets the eye
Pub landlord Frank Dowling has built a collection of museum-quality masterpieces and curios that testify to his love of London’s maritime history
The Low Countries may not grow oranges and lemons, but the artists of the region certainly had a zest for them
This curious film about the painter Edward Brezinski suggests that not all forgotten artists are candidates for rehabilitation
It has become increasingly common for museums to invite artists to respond to their collections, but what kind of connections are we being invited to make?
Rakewell hopes the fashion house’s newest designer will bring everyone much happiness
The art journalist’s prized collection of handbags and eclectic furniture is up for sale at Bellmans later this month
A crowded display sees some 150 works of Abstract Expressionism clamouring for attention, but perhaps this is the point
The desirability of getting a day job in a museum can make it easy for prestigious institutions to take advantage of the artists who work in them
The Whitechapel Gallery brings together 150 paintings by 81 international women artists
Plus: a shake-up at DCMS, strengthening cultural ties between France and Saudi Arabia, and the rest of the week’s art news