A new biography of Goya puts paid to the romantic fiction that the Spanish master ended his days isolated and insane
Plus: Getty Trust launches $38.5m LA arts recovery fund | Neal Benezra to depart as head of SFMoMA | Mayor of London names members of diversity commission | CEO of Royal British Columbia Museum resigns after racism inquiry
After the Botticelli, another great Florentine portrait looks set to fetch millions – but it hasn’t always been so highly valued
As the future of one of Edinburgh’s greatest buildings hangs in the balance, we republish Gavin Stamp’s call from 2015 to preserve its architectural integrity
Did Raphael know a bream from a sardine? Tessa Murdoch consults her fishmonger
Georg Baselitz says it makes the viewer pay closer attention – but plenty of paintings have simply been upended due to gallerists’ gaffes
Serena Williams has opened up her private art gallery to Architectural Digest – and she’s not the first tennis star to have courted the art world
From princes to plutocrats, the super-rich have rarely had the power to resist Fabergé’s fabulous baubles
It's your chance to own part of the Louvre – and spruce up your backyard with plants of impeccable provenance
The colourful TV chef Keith Floyd makes an unlikely subject for fine art – but for the painter Lydia Blakeley, he has all the right ingredients
We’re all building miniature museums at home, and postcards of paintings have taken on a life of their own
Landscape painting went local in 19th-century Britain, writes Susan Owens, as artists celebrated the miniature marvels they found close to home
The sculptor is urging us to get creative in lockdown – and even better, he's been channelling the late, great Tony Hart on live TV
Plus: Germany announces a second €1bn bailout for culture | Dutch government agrees to return all stolen objects to former colonies | and French museums press for reopening
The original foyer doors of Abbey Road Studios are up for auction – which isn’t quite the same as owning the zebra crossing, but still
Thousands of paintings have been snipped up into jigsaws – but some are infinitely more puzzling than others
The Torlonia marbles make for the greatest private collection of Roman antiquities in existence – and they're finally on view to the public
Funding for archaeology has been slashed by the UK government – and it’s a moronic mistake
Late medieval gold is vanishingly rare, so a metal detectorist’s discovery may be a truly spectacular find
Andrei Taraschuk wants to inundate the internet with art – and has made hundreds of bots posing as famous artists
Reports of atrocities in the Ethiopian region include the targeting of Tigray’s unparallelled cultural treasures
From his sitting room in west London, the Manila-born artist created a vital space for avant-garde artists and writers
The new trading arrangements between Britain and the EU will affect how art is bought and sold – and art businesses need to wise up on them
Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan shine in the story of the Sutton Hoo discovery
