John Banville is a novelist, playwright, screenwriter and book reviewer. His latest novel is The Drowned.

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‘Somehow they seem more naked than if they were disrobed’ – John Banville on a late work by Rubens

Rubens’s technical skill and attention to detail give The Garden of Love its heightened sense of erotic potential

25 Nov 2024

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Masterpiece [Re]discovery 2022. Photo: Ben Fisher Photography, courtesy of Masterpiece London

The Masterpiece podcast: episode three

This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites

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Slovak National Gallery’s department heads resign – with 177 staff threatening to follow

Magritte painting sells for $121m – highest sum ever for a Surrealist work

Frank Auerbach has died at the age of 93

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