Roman art shared a common visual repertory throughout the Empire, but there were significant variations in local styles
A new history of Britart is long on anecdote but short on critical insight
Rumors of the death of painting have been greatly exaggerated
A complete historical catalogue of the Wallace Collection’s Italian sculptures
Writings, new and old, by the nonagenarian, Marxist and self-confessed “stop-gap” storyteller
A Queens Museum retrospective of Mierle Laderman Ukeles looks at how the artist made daily chores into art
New discoveries are changing how we understand ancient domesticity
A splendid new book examines what the poet Rainer Maria Rilke learned from Auguste Rodin
Goods and culture traveled in both directions
Chinese painted enamels on copper are now valued in their own right
An exhibition in Dresden chronicles the emergence and variance of landscapes from Flanders
An exhibition on Rosenberg in Belgium focuses on the story of his Paris gallery and the recovery of his looted art
How one branch of a German noble family married into every European royal family and acquired spectacular works of art
The artist’s soulful portraits conferred high status on his sitters—and on subsequent owners
A new book offers a study of Jewish patrons in fin de siècle Vienna
A revised catalogue of the artist's work brings his achievements into view
A new book explores the social history of these homes
Essays on the appropriation of cultural memory, identity and power
The show, almost two-thirds of which is made up of previously unseen materials, reveals the first act of Arbus's career
This volume falls short of the “definitive” one that was intended
Few books adequately explain Bonnard’s intentions and achievements. A new one is no exception
Her private writings are moving but share few of her ideas about art
The work of the French court sculptor François Girardon is synonymous with the reign of Louis XIV
The artist believes that meaning accumulates with the amount of things thrown carelessly into a room