Author David Pullins challenges the hierarchical distinctions between fine art and decorative art in French painting of the 1700s

An extensive exhibition dedicated to the Dutch artist highlights her beautifully detailed still-lifes. But do these paintings offer more than splendid decoration?

We rarely consider the everyday items owned by artists—this volumes' authors aim to change that

The comprehensive renovation includes a new restaurant, an events pavilion and the restoration of a James Thornhill mural

The Swiss-born portraitist and history painter was celebrated in her lifetime but later fell into obscurity

An exhibition in Plymouth, near where Reynolds grew up, looks at the stories behind the society figures depicted in his portraits

Essays explore the myriad ways that coins have been inscribed with messages of protest, love and more

Scholarly essays examine how people lived, from poor tenant farmers to their whist-playing landlords

This statistics-driven investigation shows that many of the hundreds of women exhibiting in London and Paris between 1760 and 1830 eschewed the still-life

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide

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

This exploration of Mark Catesby is a rich and deeply researched account of his journey from amateur naturalist in East Anglia to intrepid observer in the New World

Careful study identifies four categories of eroticism in works

The recovery of a Worcester soft-paste collection sheds light on 18th-century Anglo-Irish culture

The essays in this book investigate the many facets of this extraordinary 18th-century fashion

Closed by coronavirus, Huntington Library posts online video reflecting on 18-month conservation treatment of dazzling portrait

When used together, the New York museum’s print catalogue and supplementary website on their 18th-century French works make an excellent initial resource but offer little new information

Travelling Kunstpalast exhibition will feature the only known ceiling paintings created by a woman in the 18th century

As an exhibition opens at the Sir John Soane's Museum, the curator David Bindman takes us from Covent Garden and Grosvenor Square to “Guzzledown”

Humphrey Wine’s lavishly illustrated book details the London museum's 60 authentic works and 12 replicas, copies or pastiches

No Chucky or Lord of the Flies in portraits by British and British-based artists

Almost unknown in Britain, his work was secretly amassed by Harry Hyams, the billionaire property developer

The man who wrote art history is remembered 300 years after his birth

His most important works now take centre-stage