ReviewBooks
New catalogue presents virtuosity of Neo-Classicist goldsmith Luigi Valadier
Alvar González-Palacios’s book on the Italian decorator is a peak in his distinguished career
ReviewExhibitions
‘Less is a Bore’: ICA Boston takes Maximalism to the max
Exhibition celebrates patterns yet transcends decoration
NewsChâteau de Versailles
Château de Versailles buys back €4m royal commode that left France after Louvre missed its royal mark
The piece of furniture by Bernard II van Risenburgh, which left for the US almost four decades ago, was commissioned by Louis XV for his stepdaughter
InterviewJewellery
Wakanda comes to Washington
Douriean Fletcher, who made the jewellery for Black Panther, speaks at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
ReviewBook Shorts
The art-historical treasures of Clementia of Hungary, Queen of France
Book looks at one royal's Medieval gifts, giving and inventories
FeatureObituaries
Remembering Jayne Wrightsman
A reminiscence of the New York socialite, arts patron and philanthropist by Keith Christiansen, the chairman of the Met's European Paintings Department
ReviewBook Shorts
Kings, queens but mostly lesser royal hangers-on: the art-historical story of Kensington Palace
The great building as seen through the generations of its occupants
ReviewBook Shorts
A book on birth and child-rearing before Dr Spock
The history—in images and works of decorative art—of giving birth and raising children before 1900
ReviewBooks
A hefty tome on the arts of the Austro-Hungarian belle époque
The extraordinary mitteleuropäische flourishing of all the arts from 1900 to 1914
NewsConservation & Preservation
Restored, but demoted: stained-glass window not by Tiffany, expert says
River of Life depiction has been newly reattributed to J & R Lamb Studios
NewsOpenings
A bigger splash: France's expanded La Piscine museum reopens after makeover
Former Art Deco swimming pool in Roubaix dives into Modern French sculpture
NewsExhibitions
How Nazi-commissioned tapestries ended up in the Louvre’s collection
An exhibition of 100 masterpieces from the Gobelins manufactory reveals a complicated repatriation after the Second World War
NewsConservation & Preservation
The amazing technicolour Chippendale: museum injects colour back into 18th-century work
Show at Leeds City Museum is one of this year's many events commemorating the tercentenary of the furniture maker’s birth
BlogIn the frame
Ben Carson’s bad taste lands him before Congress
NewsArt fairs
See the ‘holy grail’ of American porcelain at New York Ceramics & Glass Fair
The 18th-century punch bowl was unearthed during an archaeological dig in Philadelphia
NewsAuctions
Bonhams Los Angeles offers rare Quahog pearl that escaped the dinner table
New England grad student found the gem in a bag of clams he bought for $25
NewsHeritage
A timewarp in every room: French château Azay-le-Rideau restored
A major overhaul of the house’s interiors will recreate different a historical period on each floor
NewsArtists
Watts couple’s revamped ‘his and hers’ studios to open in Compton
Visitors can watch conservators at work in the renovated space
NewsAuctions
The jewel with a sparkling history
Secret legacies, family feuds and the aristocratic rakes who couldn’t resist a bet
NewsCommercial galleries
European dealers bring eclectic mix of antiques and Old Masters to New York
In their first collaboration, the gallerists are showing 300 works priced from $30,000 to $10m
NewsAuctions
Surfacing on the market: Armchair fit for a queen
Christie’s, London, Taste of the Royal Court: Important French Furniture and Works of Art from a Private Collection, 9 July
NewsArt market
Family connection adds value to Vautrin’s designs
NewsAuctions
Surfacing on the market: Soviet propaganda served up on a plate
Lempertz, Berlin, Berlin Sale, 2 May
NewsArt
Gothic and Baroque—the two Golden Ages of ivory carving
David Ekserdjian finds these new books timely and uplifting
NewsArt
Divine drawers and pietre dure dazzle in Wiltshire
Dora Thornton on the amazing cabinet of Pope Sixtus V
NewsDecorative arts
May is craft time in London
More than 50 venues around the city are organising events and exhibitions that focus on decorative arts and artisans