A personal view of Francis Bacon by his Boswell, Michael Peppiatt
Two shows in New York focus on the achievements of the Renaissance master
The show captures the conflicting artistic tendencies of Weimar Germany
Beneath Pop art’s kitschy veneer is something starker and more profound
A new documentary about the photographer provides an intimate look
The art historian’s new book is properly pessimistic
A fluent analysis by David Anfam of Pollock’s Mural
The extraordinary dolls’ town made by a Thuringian duchess
A study of its strategies and limitations
A new book offers a scholarly account of the Cobbe family's collection
Honoring a scholar of 17th-century Italian sculpture
In a new book, the artist's project is seen from many angles
Draughtsmanship was one of the artist's finest skills
What happens to the civilised when civilisation breaks down?
Six books reveal the multifaceted output of the elder and younger Cranach in Thuringia
Elaborate, luxurious and costly styles, such as those worn by Marie-Antoinette, helped to alienate the court from the people
The Turner Prize-winning French artist’s latest show productively frustrates meaning
In an excerpt from his new book, the art historian discusses the return of performance and process in contemporary art
A survey of objects acquired between birth and death in early modern Europe that accompanies a Fitzwilliam exhibition
The exhibition makes the paintings difficult to see, but it forces something new
The 19th-century revision of received perceptions of French Rococo art
The exhibition opened amid political and humanitarian crises
The French architect is the subject of two excellent new books
The monograph shows that Gentileschi was well regarded in her time
Magnus Resch conducted ten-year study
An exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum reveals the continued importance of the classical ideal
The US artist’s exhibition at the Royal Academy is full of careful omissions