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A closer look at the ‘fake’ Gauguin at the Getty
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
A new look for the princely collection that now belongs to the Polish state
The Princes Czartoryski Museum in Kraków has reopened after a decade of controversies and delays
Shakespeare’s First Folio will set you back millions – but its cultural value is immeasurable
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?
Art anniversaries to look out for in 2020
From Renaissance painting to Romantic poetry – expect celebrations of Raphael, Piranesi, Wordsworth and more
Arty films and books to look out for in 2020
From The Rock as an art detective to warts-and-all Warhol – the must-see films and a first reading list for art lovers
School of rock – inside the new-look Aberdeen Art Gallery
After a £35m renovation and expansion, the granite city can finally display its collections in the manner they deserve
Women looking at men looking at them – at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle
Paintings from the museum’s founding collection show the unsettling ways in which men have often represented women
In praise of Mary Beale – one of Britain’s first women artists
A biography of one of the country’s earliest professional woman painters is a fitting if belated tribute
A long-lost Cimabue has emerged – and the ‘first light’ of painting now burns brighter than ever
The chance discovery in a kitchen in France has major significance for scholarship on the Florentine master
Dijon’s grand old museum has a new look – and it really cuts the mustard
After a decade-long renovation, the palatial Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon can now show its masterpieces to even greater advantage
The prescient pair who created Europe’s first museum of East Asian art
Adolf and Frieda Fischer’s globetrotting led to their founding the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst in Cologne
A studio of one’s own – Britain’s first women artists
How to succeed as a woman painter in 17th-century England? A supportive husband, royal patronage and mentorship from Van Dyck certainly helped
Class act – a new look for Dartmouth College’s Hood Museum of Art
From Assyrian carvings to contemporary African art, the museum’s wide-ranging collection has a recently expanded home
‘I am one and the same person’ – Georg Baselitz looks back at a life in art
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
Can neuroscience really tell us much about why we look at art?
The mystery of aesthetic experience is perhaps even greater than that of the human brain
‘I’m looking at history and the human need to make things’ – an interview with Magdalene Odundo
The ceramic artist is showing her own work alongside historic pieces from all over the world
The major art anniversaries to look out for in 2019
From Leonardo to the Prado, and from the Bauhaus to the birth of John Ruskin, 2019 is full of significant anniversaries
How high-resolution photography is changing the way we look at art
Advances in digital imaging are revolutionising the study of art history
Everything must glow – Nicky Wire is having his first solo show
The Manic Street Preachers bassist is showing mixed media works in Pembrokeshire – and he’s not the first bass-player to have a sideline in art
How Liberty looked to the past to imagine the future of fashion
More than a century’s worth of Liberty fabrics and designs make for an enjoyable survey of the brand’s history
Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection
A fresh look at the Brooklyn Museum’s holdings through an intersectional feminist lens
A fresh look at Frida Kahlo
By placing the artist’s possessions next to her portraits, the V&A seeks to reveal the woman behind the icon
The artists of Georgian Dublin deserve another look
An exhibition celebrating the Society of Artists in Ireland casts light on some lesser-known 18th-century figures
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What did Venice look like to a medieval pilgrim from Tuscany?
A 14th-century sketch by a travelling friar is now thought to be the earliest known drawing of the city