NewsConservation & Preservation
Gainsborough's newly restored Blue Boy awaits the end of lockdown
Closed by coronavirus, Huntington Library posts online video reflecting on 18-month conservation treatment of dazzling portrait
NewsExport policies
UK buyer sought for £8m Gainsborough masterpiece barred from export
Pastoral landscape sold at Sotheby’s was once owned by Royal Holloway college
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the dazzling dresses of Dior at the V&A to the grim reality of how architecture can affect your health at the Wellcome Collection
Podcast
Gainsborough murder mystery. Plus, RoseLee Goldberg on performance art
We travel back to the 18th century and delve into the grisly family murders that helped Gainsborough gain fame. Plus, RoseLee Goldberg tell us all about her new book Performance Now: Live Art for the 21st century. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsThomas Gainsborough
Murders most foul: Gainsborough family revenge killings trigger reassessment of artist’s early years
New research reveals that two members of Thomas Gainsborough's family were killed over a financial dispute when the artist was a child
NewsConservation & Preservation
Blue Boy takes a well-earned break ahead of treatment
The painting has rarely gone off display at the museum since its opening in 1928—until now
ArchiveNicholas Serota
In defence of Tate: Gainsborough acquisitions
Tate Director Nicholas Serota comments on recent criticism
ArchiveMuseums & Heritage
Gainsborough's House director Hugh Belsey on competing with Tate: Goliath wins
Should Gainsborough’s House have given way to the Tate over a painting in the current Tate exhibition?
ArchiveThomas Gainsborough
Sweeping Gainsborough exhibition on at Tate Britain
The Tate has pulled out all stops for this exhaustive show
ArchiveCollectors
Introducing Graham Kirkham, “The most serious British collector in the marketplace”
The Yorkshire furniture tycoon is one of the most important art and antique collectors in Britain today, but his name is almost unknown