Masterpiece pulls out the stops for its first online edition
Virtual viewing rooms, video tours and private Zoom meetings – here’s what to expect from Masterpiece Online
Virtual viewing rooms, video tours and private Zoom meetings – here’s what to expect from Masterpiece Online
An illustrated inventory made for Jean de Jullienne shows us how his paintings were displayed
A new study focuses on the painters working outside the main artistic centres of Italy
The wooden horned head is now believed to be by an unknown artist. Questions over its attribution to Gauguin were examined in Apollo in 2009, in an article republished in full here
The Princes Czartoryski Museum in Kraków has reopened after a decade of controversies and delays
A 14th-century sketch by a travelling friar is now thought to be the earliest known drawing of the city
A complete version of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays is up for sale. What is it that makes this book so desirable?
From Renaissance painting to Romantic poetry – expect celebrations of Raphael, Piranesi, Wordsworth and more
From The Rock as an art detective to warts-and-all Warhol – the must-see films and a first reading list for art lovers
After a £35m renovation and expansion, the granite city can finally display its collections in the manner they deserve
Paintings from the museum’s founding collection show the unsettling ways in which men have often represented women
A biography of one of the country’s earliest professional woman painters is a fitting if belated tribute
The chance discovery in a kitchen in France has major significance for scholarship on the Florentine master
After a decade-long renovation, the palatial Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon can now show its masterpieces to even greater advantage
Adolf and Frieda Fischer’s globetrotting led to their founding the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst in Cologne
How to succeed as a woman painter in 17th-century England? A supportive husband, royal patronage and mentorship from Van Dyck certainly helped
From Assyrian carvings to contemporary African art, the museum’s wide-ranging collection has a recently expanded home
An exhibition at the Accademia in Venice explores the link between the artist’s past and present work – as well as the influence of Old Masters
The mystery of aesthetic experience is perhaps even greater than that of the human brain
The ceramic artist is showing her own work alongside historic pieces from all over the world