Art news daily: 27 March
A ritzy new book brings to life the eclectic tastes and unbridled opulence of aristocratic families in late imperial Russia
What did it mean for a wildly successful artist to paint a black elevator operator in stuffy Boston society?
Art news daily: 26 March
Bringing Titian's great mythological works together at a time when few people would see them has been a bittersweet experience – but the paintings offer some consolation
Art news daily: 25 March
The Belgian Symbolist is at his spookiest and most original when he depicts reality
From Raymond Chandler to Tracey Emin, writers and artists alike have long been seduced by the melancholy brilliance of neon
Art news daily: 24 March
A sale of volumes collected by the Assay Office over two centuries brings numerous important works to the market, despite local opposition
Displaced from his home in the Colombian Amazon, Abel Rodríguez draws on his memories to document its flora and fauna
That we know so much about the day-to-day reality of the Great Plague of London is down to the diaries of John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys
The biographer's revelations about Eric Gill were delivered with calm objectivity – a quality that made her a superb observer of extraordinary lives, her own included
Art news daily: 23 March
The final years of Paul Klee's life coincided with the rise of Nazism – but the painter deployed his taste for humour and satire to the last
Artists who had studios and homes specially built for them often wanted to create spaces that would boost their careers
Painters from Constable to the present day have been inspired by urban waterways as a place for both lovers and labourers
Art news daily: 20 March
The director of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., on the challenges of steering the institution and looking after its staff during the Covid-19 crisis
The art fair’s online viewings will suit some collectors down to the ground – but it’s harder to make genuine discoveries
Art news daily: 19 March
We'll need to find ways to be together while alone during the coming weeks and months
It may be on Unesco’s list of World Heritage sites, but the houses of the famous district have suffered years of neglect
After two decades of delays, the museum finally opened its doors at the end of February. Now, like so many others, it has had to shut again
