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Was Artemisia really bad with money?
A study of the baroque painter’s business practices finds faults with her financial acumen and artistic training – though not everyone will agree
‘The painting ought not to feel measured – something horrible is happening’
Tessa Hadley is unsettled by Giovanni Bellini’s eerily calm depiction of the murder of Saint Peter Martyr
Kate de Rothschild’s approach to quality control
The Old Master drawings collector has described herself as ‘an undisciplined cockapoo’ when it comes to buying – but each piece must be of the highest calibre
What to see at TEFAF Maastricht 2025
An unusually vibrant early still life by Van Gogh and an outstanding piece of Renaissance maiolica are among the highlights of this year’s edition
Beyond TEFAF – the shows to see in and around Maastricht this month
From Rembrandt in Frankfurt to pictures of puddings in The Hague, there’s plenty to see within touching distance of the fair
Salon du Dessin is still a delight for drawings enthusiasts
The Paris fair dedicated to works on paper is still a real draw for exhibitors and visitors from all over the world
The artists full of sympathy for the devil
Women have often been thought susceptible to demonic influence, and creativity can be seen as a form of possession – notions reclaimed by artists in ingenious ways
The military man who marshalled England’s gardens
William Andrews Nesfield designed elaborate schemes that exemplify what people mean when they talk about Victorian formal gardens
Who will put the art into artificial intelligence?
If AI is treated as little more than a fashionable selling point, then its potential to create genuinely innovative art may be lost
New kid on the bloc – behind the scenes at Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art
This nomadic gallery finally has a permanent home, but can the impressive collection protect it from Poland’s fraught cultural politics?
Layer cakes – the colourful confections of Wayne Thiebaud
In his voluptuous paintings of cakes and other foodstuffs, the American artist captured both pleasure and a sense of surfeit
The complicated splendour of Spanish colonial art
The elaborately decorated art that emerged from Central and South America during the Spanish colonial period is gaining traction in the market
And the Oscar for best director goes to…
On the eve of this year’s Academy Awards, disappointed nominees in the best director category should take comfort from an unusual set of candles
Royal Academy of Arts could cut up to 60 jobs
Bavarian culture minister promises more transparency from the state’s paintings collection and the Guggenheim in New York announces redundancies
The palace of Caserta has lost nothing of its power to astonish
Designed in the 18th century by Luigi Vanvitelli for Charles VII of Naples, Italy’s answer to Versailles is as dizzying today as it was 250 years ago
Proust and the Arts
In Madrid, the Thyssen-Bornemisza goes in search of the painters who inspired Marcel Proust and his magnum opus
Elizabeth Fritsch: Otherworldly Vessels
The Hepworth Wakefield celebrates the British ceramicist whose pots take cues from jazz to achieve a sense of spontaneity
Leonardo–Dürer: Renaissance Master Drawings on Colored Ground
The Albertina draws on its outstanding collection and calls in some loans to show how the Old Masters made the most of working on tinted paper
Anselm Kiefer: Where have all the Flowers Gone
As one of Europe’s greatest living painters turns 80, the Stedelijk and Van Gogh museums in Amsterdam split a show of his work between them
At home with Charles Dickens
The novelist was a wandering soul, so what can his house in London – now celebrating its centenary as a museum – tell us about the man?
Four things to see: Sculpting wood
On the 125th anniversary of the birth of the Jamaican artist Edna Manley, we examine four sculptures carved from wood
What Severance says about our fractured selves
The sinister corporation in the dystopian office drama really cares about art, but the paintings on the walls only highlight the workers’ sense of alienation rather than relieving it
In the studio with… Catherine Wagner
The San Francisco-based photographer has moved into a new space, and she’s getting used to a more communal environment – but order is still all-important
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