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The sophisticated Japanese paintings that have never gone out of style
Works by the true masters of the Rinpa style are rare – which makes prices rather high
Around the galleries – New York falls head over heels for Asian art
What not to miss at Asia Week New York, plus our pick of gallery shows coming up
The royal christening gift that did sterling service
George II gave his god-daughter a decorative silver bowl that was later put to surprisingly practical use
The mixed messages of Meret Oppenheim
The artist’s mastery of unusual materials gave her a real edge over her peers
How to cut a statue down to size
Robert Bevan’s call to require a lot less from our public monuments has much to recommend it
The landscape that shaped Gainsborough’s view of the world
The painter’s house in Suffolk now tells a compelling story about his formative influence
Making wine in Venice is a very exclusive affair
The wines of the Veneto need no introduction, but it’s worth getting to know the ones produced inside the city itself
The vanished collection of Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari’s famous collection of Renaissance drawings was dispersed after his death, and scholars have been trying track down its contents for centuries
The art nouveau potters who broke the mould
The fin-de-siècle movement fired up the imaginations of avant-garde ceramicists across Europe
National lampooner: James Gillray vs the British establishment
The artist’s excoriating images have long set the standard for political satire
Lucian Freud and the art of paying attention
No one could accuse the painter of flattering his subjects, but he was certainly painstaking about capturing them on canvas
‘It’s about a sense of atmosphere’ – an interview with Mike Nelson
As the artist prepares for his show at the Hayward Gallery, he talks about using the remains of today to reimagine the past
Rubens and an outstanding display of Roman virtue
While the painter’s designs for the Decius Mus cycle were used to create several sets of tapestries, the version now in Kilkenny Castle in Ireland is in a class of its own
‘Eggs are rarely as simple as they seem’
A new book turns the staple into a star and unscrambles its significance beyond the kitchen
The subtle details that put Paris streets ahead
Street lights, kiosks and benches are easy to ignore, but they can make all the difference to how a city look and feels
BRAFA reclaims its rightful place in the calendar
Northern Renaissance paintings and art nouveau designs are among the highlights of the Brussels fair when it returns at the end of January
The Venetian artists who vied with the ancients
Working in an Italian city with no Roman past allowed painters and sculptors to put their own spin on classical antiquity
Reframing the Fitz – Luke Syson has big plans for the museum’s future
The director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, talks to Apollo about ‘bossy’ objects, slashed funding and the stories collections tell
Arts Council England has made a serious mistake – and its effects will be felt nationwide
The Arts Council’s decision to move money out of London ignores the fact that arts institutions rely upon each other to nurture talent
The Edwardian architects who built the British Empire
When it came to projecting British power abroad, Christopher Wren proved a handy source of inspiration in the creation of an ‘English Renaissance’ style
Can contemporary art really make us laugh?
Funny peculiar or funny haha? Perhaps some of the artists who seem a bit obscure are actually trying to make us laugh
Ways of seeing at the Wellcome Collection
The eye may be our most perceptive organ, but it can sometimes make us blind to the other senses
Mother superior – a very proud Mary in Florence
Packed with nods to the patron for whom it was painted, the ‘Adoration of the Shepherds’ is one of Domenico Ghirlandaio’s most appealing works
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