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
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
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
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
How Van Eyck achieved his effects is still very hard to explain, but there's no denying their power
The artist's ‘The Death of Chatterton’ was one of the most popular paintings of the 19th century, but what else did he do?
Commissioned 300 years ago, James Gibbs’ design for the London church was soon replicated around the world
In a career that lasted barely a decade, the American artist forged a distinctive – and highly personal – voice
The contemporary art satellite of the Albertina was set to open last week. Visitors will find solace there, says its director, when the lockdown is over
In depicting the final journey of a fêted battleship, Turner tweaked the facts to inflate the pathos of the scene
With the whole of Italy in lockdown, the streets of Rome are empty – and the city without visitors has a strange and confusing atmosphere
One of Landseer’s earliest masterpieces and a 16th-century drug jar are among this month’s highlights
The fashion designer, who has died at the age of 93, filled his Upper East Side apartment with art – from Old Master drawings to Anselm Kiefer. In this republished interview from 2017, he discussed the evolution of his collection
Curator Ilona Katzew discusses the restoration of a Pietà by Melchor Pérez Holguín – one of the most singular South American painters of his day
Its doors may be closed, but Milan’s greatest gallery will find ways to keep working for the quarantined city, says director James Bradburne
The collection is now displayed with a greater sense of social history – without sacrificing aesthetic delight
The German-born artist never stopped reinventing himself – from his gender-bending self-portraits to a film about living with cancer
An important survey of abstract Arab art throws up questions about the influences swirling around in the post-war period
