In 2006, Jonathan Yeo painted Prince Philip's portrait – an invigorating if at times nerve-wracking experience
The former transport secretary has been appointed as a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery – so he must be a museum fanatic, right?
The 12th-century castle and surrounding town, located some 250 miles from London, have long attracted visually attentive visitors
A long-running debate has been revived by a court ruling that the realism of ‘Call of Duty’ makes it a work of art
With parliamentarians dialling in, the magic of Westminster has evaporated – so there’s no excuse not to move ahead with restoring the Houses of Parliament right now
The artist’s encouraging approach shows a nation in lockdown that technique isn’t everything
Thomas Campbell and Adam Koszary ask whether the online experience can ever compare to being in a physical gallery
Alistair Sooke and Simon Schama take on tour-guide duties in a series of new 30-minute films. But how satisfying can the Tate on the telly really be?
The designer may not be a household name, but his work is still instantly recognisable – from passports and magazines to banknotes and bookplates
The artist knew exactly how to cultivate her own image, ensuring her great success – both then and now
The novelist’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy suggestively fills in what art historians can only guess at
The pleasure Picasso took in paper as a medium was palpable in the Royal Academy’s recent show
The artist’s designs for Elizabeth David’s cookery books evoke a happy world of fine living and dining
For just one week the full set of surviving tapestries commissioned by Pope Leo X could be seen in their original setting
Long out of print, the cards have been reissued by Taschen. But what of the artistic merits of their designs?
A celebration of the late actor’s star turn as the tormented artist in Vincente Minnelli’s biopic of 1956
Uruk may not be as well known as Babylon or Ninevah, but layers of complex, urban life have been uncovered there over the course of the 20th century
The painter exerts the force of his personality from beyond the grave in the first part of this unconventional biography
The BBC programme takes a playful look at changing attitudes to nudity in art – from Michelangelo’s David to modern life drawing
For the past two centuries, Joseph Karl Stieler’s portrait of the composer has been highly sought after by music lovers
While the paintings are astonishing, the notebooks and sketches really draw you in
Henry Cole had the art of the museum cafe down to a tee. Oh for his veal cutlets!
Was the Chancellor of the Exchequer channelling an infamous fictional spin-doctor when he agreed to be interviewed in a Westminster cafe?
The reunited fragments of a bowl in Bolton Museum can tell us a lot about the longstanding British enthusiasm for ancient Egypt
