Last Supper painting once adorned Shakespeare’s classroom wall, new research…
New research suggests a painting of the biblical scene the Last Supper once covered a wall of a room in which…
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Two UK galleries to share portrait of German doctor who resisted Nazis
A portrait of a German-Jewish doctor who became active in a circle of intellectuals secretly resisting the Nazis…
The Great British Art Tour: the birthplace of a future prime minister
An image that could have been made at the height of lockdown, this deserted street corner by Laurence Stephen Lowry…
The Great British Art Tour: a girl with a pearl earring
In the corridor of Polesden Lacey, Surrey, hangs a small, bust-length picture of a young woman. She wears a fine,…
Dutch police arrest man over £18m theft of Van Gogh and Hals paintings
Dutch police have arrested a 58-year-old man on suspicion of stealing paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals…
Aldo Tambellini obituary
The artist Aldo Tambellini, who has died aged 90, was obsessed with the colour black. “Black to me is like a…
Pavement Picassos: the locked-down artists showing work in their windows
It is not a good time for art lovers. The second lockdown has closed galleries once more – I’m imagining portraits…
George Condo: ‘Change can’t just be an idea or a slogan – it has to get…
The New York City artist George Condo has become New York state artist George Condo, a surprising move for someone…