Flood warning: the risks of the great wealth transfer
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?
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?
Since its founding in 1919, Buccellati has drawn on ancient techniques to create its sparkling pieces
The Romanian sculptor expressed his creativity and identity through food just as much as art
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
Court painters couldn’t bestow eternal life on their royal patrons, but they certainly knew how to make art that lasted
On its first birthday, Trondheim’s newest museum hits its stride with a very respectable Louise Bourgeois exhibition
László Hudec’s striking contributions to the skyline added Hungarian modernism to the influences that made the interwar city such a cosmopolitan hub
After half a century, two shows bring into focus an artist we should have been watching all along
At the winter Old Master sales in the Big Apple last week, a tiny study for the Sistine Chapel and a handsome lion sketch by Rembrandt stole the limelight
To coincide with World Radio Day, we look at four artworks from the last 100 years that address the medium’s power and resilience
Plans for a widely opposed redevelopment of London Liverpool Street have been approved – why, when there is a better, less costly alternative?
In his Norfolk studio, the artist enjoys a refreshing sense of solitude after years spent in the close confines of London
An exhibition in Wiesbaden makes clear why the Austrian painter made such a splash in the United States in the late 1950s
An exhibition at Pallant House Gallery makes clear how serious the British artist was and how seriously underrated he has been
From the Comédie Française to the National Gallery, the documentarian’s portraits reveal the painstaking work that goes into creative expression