Rococo

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Bring on Pierrot, the clumsy clown: new book explores the impact of a bumbling stock character on French art

Marika Takanishi Knowles's monograph focuses on Pierrot’s rise to ubiquity in French culture

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Magnificent two-volume book reveals the sumptuous, Rococo-infused life of Versailles courtier Madame de Pompadour

This comprehensive history of the lady’s obsessive relationship with Sèvres porcelain in the 18th century sheds light on little-known aspects of the industry

Disney at the Met—but is it art?

Plus, a new centre to study Matisse at Baltimore Museum of Art and Josef Albers's lithographs at Cristea Roberts in London

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Édouard Manet and modern beauty: prettier, more frivolous and gallant

A series of essays explores the 'feminisation' of the artist's later practice

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Frivolity, hedonism, sensuality and sex—OK!

The 19th-century revision of received perceptions of French Rococo art

Interview with Rachel Feinstein: “I want to be taken more seriously”

The artist talks about her trials as a woman in a man’s field, the female way of working, her free-floating wackiness and making movies

Madame de Pompadour meets Philippe Starck at the Rijksmuseum

With a very glamorous display, this is the first serious look at Netherlandish rococo architecture and decorative arts