The painter’s society portraits come to life in a well-chosen survey at the Frick
This year’s highlights include a striking portrait of Saint Jerome by Orazio Gentilschi and a new painting by Caroline Walker made especially for the fair
From sensitive portraits by Peter Hujar to Old Master paintings depicting beauty and ugliness, there’s so much to see within a day’s trip from the Maastricht fair
Barnaby Phillips’s new book follows the many twists and turns of the royal treasures Britain took from the Asante kingdom
As the threat of armed global conflict increases, we mustn’t stop trying to protect archaeological and cultural sites
Two unrelated cases in the 1990s show how hard it was to recover stolen artefacts – and even to know that they had gone missing in the first place
Designed by the architect shortly before his death 300 years ago, a ‘chamber pew’ in St George’s Church in Esher, Surrey, is a thoroughly charming anomaly
Modernists regarded the Scandinavian style as a mere throwback, but it was much more radical than it was given credit for
The Romanian sculptor expressed his creativity and identity through food just as much as art
Edward Hicks made 62 versions of the same scene of worldly harmony – but they were tinged with personal tragedy too
Since its founding in 1919, Buccellati has drawn on ancient techniques to create its sparkling pieces
The largest amount of wealth ever passed down from one generation to the next is about to change hands. What risks does this pose for the art market?
A new biography of the comic-book artist Vince Colletta reminds us that painting has long relied on a sense of narrative tension
Hettie Judah is captivated by the photographer’s seriously thoughtful approach to adolescence
For the Surrealist, alcohol provided both an escape from reality and a commercial opportunity
Over the centuries, the Princely House of Liechtenstein has amassed one of the world’s largest and most impressive private art collections. Now it’s being deployed to shine a light on the business of art itself
The Roman poet’s great work Metamorphoses has had a hold on artists from the Renaissance to the present
Work by Rubens and his most illustrious successors may be rare, but demand for these paintings has never been stronger
Joseph Koerner’s account of art made in extremis turns Bosch, Beckmann and Kentridge into unexpected associates across the ages
The painter’s depiction of the murder of Jean-Paul Marat made him the very model of a Revolutionary martyr
Court painters couldn’t bestow eternal life on their royal patrons, but they certainly knew how to make art that lasted
László Hudec’s striking contributions to the skyline added Hungarian modernism to the influences that made the interwar city such a cosmopolitan hub
After half a century, two shows bring into focus an artist we should have been watching all along
Devotion, in its many different senses, has always been at the heart of the artist’s work
