How Harriet Backer worked wonders in Norway
The painter is in no need of rediscovery at home, but her painstaking depictions of everyday life deserve to be better known abroad
The painter is in no need of rediscovery at home, but her painstaking depictions of everyday life deserve to be better known abroad
The marking of two seminal movements and a year-long celebration of Caspar David Friedrich combine scholarly heft with popular appeal
A newly attributed Rembrandt failed to hit the heights at Sotheby’s, but Pietro Lorenzetti pushed up the bidding in Paris
A terracotta relief by Donatello and a vanishingly rare set of 16th-century silverware are among this month’s highlights
Apollo’s annual celebration of achievements in the art world. The Acquisition of the Year Award commends the best museum acquisitions of the past 12 months
A conversation portrait by Johann Zoffany and a marble sculpture by Giovanni Bandini are among the most significant works to enter public collections
A Regency torchère and a recently rediscovered work by Francisco de Zurbarán are among the most remarkable works to enter public collections
The Green Vault in Dresden has received a baroque chess set for its 300th birthday, plus the rest of the most important items to enter public collections
The only surviving portrait from Henry Raeburn’s trip to Italy and an 18th-century book about cricket are among the most remarkable works to enter public collections
A portrait saved for the nation has been praised for representing racial equality in 17th-century Britain, but it’s mainly a warning to women everywhere
A rare 17th-century portrait of a Black woman and a white woman and an illustrated Armenian manuscript are among this month’s highlights
The most expensive manuscript to ever be sold at auction and an impressive collection of Dutch Mannerist prints are among this month’s highlights
The joint acquisition of Joshua Reynolds’s ‘Portrait of Mai (Omai)’ by the National Portrait Gallery and the J. Paul Getty Museum has been confirmed
Plus: Kwame Brathwaite (1938–2023), John Leighton to depart National Galleries of Scotland, and the rest of the week’s top stories
A rare 17th-century gold ruby glass goblet and original designs by Augustus Pugin are among this month’s highlights
The Plateforme 10 project has brought the city’s fine arts, design and photo museums together on the site of a former train yard
David Bowie’s archive and the first clutch of NFTs to be acquired by a French museum are among this month’s highlights
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
The luxury conglomerate led by the French tycoon presented a Caillebotte to the Musée d’Orsay this week, but that didn’t stop him being denounced by pension protesters
A first for the Frick and a Caillebotte at the Musée d'Orsay are among the most important works to enter museum collections this month