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The artist's excessive emphasis on production eclipses everything else
The charm of Samuel Palmer’s work is its refusal to submit to analysis
From the 1860s, a network of museums were founded nationwide
To mark the 200th anniversary of his birth, a book celebrates Adolph Menzel as the “painter of modern life”
In an extract from his new book, Christopher Rothko explains how the master of abstraction absorbed the stylistic principles and emotional contradictions of the 18th-century genius
The Anglo-Dutch artist Cornelius Johnson emerges from the shadow of Van Dyck
His biographers have published his commonplace book in facsimile
The art critic, who died earlier this year, loved art, dogs and great cars
The voices of owners, occupants and users of British Modernist architecture are unheard in this admiring—and admirable—history
The Imperial Roman construction of ancient Egypt
Georg Pencz comes into his own at last. By David Ekserdjian
A book for non-specialists on painting conservation. By Will Shank
The story of Daniel Nijs, who impoverished himself selling Italian art to King Charles I
How Italian Renaissance mendicant orders struggled to reconcile their ideals and their wealth. By Christopher Colven
Horticultural art of the 18th century owes much to the aristocratic female garden-makers who were at the centre of Georgian society
Set in the context of their times, Goya’s portraits finally get the attention they deserve, says the art historian
The first comprehensive survey in 80 years of Ancient Greek and Roman painting
Editors and contributors share $25,000 biennial award, this year backed by the Broad Foundation
New thinking about Da Vinci and Michelangelo considers their different approaches and the reception their work received
A significant shift in Gerhard Richter’s work can be seen in the most recent volume of the catalogue raisonné
Four books examine John Singer Sargent’s work outside the public eye
