Art history
Art in the media: Alastair Sooke inspires, Matthew Collings takes a swipe at Tracey Emin and Martin Creed fails to enlighten
Plus, Stephen Fry as Pope Innocent X
Books in brief: British and Irish Art, 1945-51
Despite some factual inaccuracies, this is a refreshing and invigorating presentation that challenges assumptions
Books: A portrait of Ford Madox Brown through his four 'loves'
A study of the women who had the greatest impact on the life and work of Ford Madox Brown
Books: The continuities in Medieval and Renaissance art at the V&A
A deep look into the remarkable objects now on display in the museum's recently opened galleries
Books: What does Pre-Raphaelite mean?
This collection of essays questions how we understand the terms Pre-Raphaelite, Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement
Books: A girl’s own 18th-century art adventure as Grace Mashall strives to be a painter
The Fraud, by Barbara Ewing, spins a tale of lies and intrigue
Saving the ephemeral art gallery: The director of Tate Liverpool on preserving institutional history
'History is unpredictable, and we cannot know which obscure artist or minor exhibition may once be regarded as a groundbreaking historical event'
Books: Material culture and medieval "Hindu-Muslim" encounter
Objects of translation and the cultural interactions of Muslims and Hindus in the late 12th and early 13th centuries
Interview with Robert Storr: Most theory has little bearing on art
The critic and curator spoke to The Art Newspaper about the role of art theory, and what advice he is giving to his students in today’s artistic climate.
Thomas Kabdebo's "Tracking Giorgione" reviewed
The author is hindered by his own technique
Books: French culture under the Nazis
How artists and the arts fared under the Vichy regime and the German occupation of France, 1940-44
The Cold War may be over, but it is still being fought in terms of its artists
With LACMA's “Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures” opening soon, the artistic heritage of Germany is again under the microscope
Art in the media: Light and dark after the war at the Ferus Gallery and in the art of Georg Baselitz
Ostensibly disparate films illuminate art after the end of World War II
The Art of Domestic Life: This well-argued study considers the changing status of women in family portraits
'That’s no lady, that’s my wife…'
Books: Two new books both fail to make a persuasive case for or against the status and quality of Modigliani’s art
Love him or hate him? Whatever…
The real meaning of Rubens’ women
A new analysis suggests the artist was sending mixed messages in his work
The art world’s Christmas reading
Artists, collectors, critics, museum directors and auction house executives pick their holiday books
Books: Two books attempt to correct views of pre-Raphaelite art—held by no one
Traditional understandings of the brotherhood are addressed, again
The new Dictionary of National Biography is much more comprehensive than the Victorian original it replaces
More artists, more women, more sex
The spread of Venetian glass-making techniques and styles across Europe, from the 15th to the 18th centuries
How cristallo conquered the continent
The story of the Thornham Parva retable shows how technology is increasingly influencing art history
Conservation and connoisseurship joined at the altar
Klaske Muizelaar and Derek Phillips, Picturing men and women in the Dutch Golden Age
A review of the new volume on Dutch painting
Germaine Greer’s synopsis of pubescent males in art is flawed, but fun
Beautiful boys—now available for women, too
Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse at the Albright Knox Art Gallery
Exhibition in Buffalo shows 60 works by the master
Books: American art from Norsemen to Culture Wars
A well-written history of art in North America for students
Letter: Modigliani needs art historical approach
Dr Kenneth Wayne says scholarship is the way forward
The publication of 'The splendour of Iran' is a landmark of the independence of native academics.
Archaeologically, architecturally and art-historically, Iran is very much on the move