With the help of Edmund de Waal, an exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield brings out the Danish polymath’s playful side
Exploring the history of the period through objects reveals the extent to which art underwent a revolution
The artist’s first retrospective in Paris finds her making connections between humans and the material world in unsettling and inventive ways
Once the jewel of a 17th-century collection in Rome, this playful painting is reunited with old friends – or suggestions of them at least
The artist’s ‘candlelight’ paintings marry the pursuit of knowledge with wonder and suspense
An ambitious exhibition in the painter’s home city of Florence makes clear that his art had a touch of the divine
A biography of the Purist artist Amédée Ozenfant brings welcome attention to an esoteric period of modernism
An exhibition of artists’ depictions of sleep at the Musée Marmottan Monet is very far from a snoozefest
After years of being profoundly unfashionable, one of the most important British figurative painters of the 20th century is ripe for reappraisal
Susanna Berger’s new book makes a sound argument for the tricksiness of Catholic architecture in 17th-century Rome
The artist’s immaculate paintings of cakes, deli counters and pinball machines are in fact odes to imperfection
Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny’s landmark history of the afterlife of classical sculpture has been refreshed to give it even more longevity
‘Comrades in Art’ is a timely and provocative account of the role of art in the age of tyranny
Ruth Ellis, Diana Dors, Barbara Windsor and Pauline Boty star in Lynda Nead’s fascinating study of the blonde in British culture
In his earthy genre scenes and occultish portraits of old people, Pietro Bellotti cut against the sweetness and light of Veronese & co
While there’s plenty to enjoy in Dan Cruickshank’s new history of the English house, which goes up to 1926, it’s clear that the author feels most at home in the 18th century
In Los Angeles, Confederate monuments are getting a makeover from contemporary artists
Best known for her 1951 novel ‘Memoirs of Hadrian’, the writer also applied her gift for summoning the past to essays on Dürer, Michelangelo, Piranesi et al.
A tour of the painter’s 18th-century morality tales reveals the ideas that shaped the age
Turner is regarded as a singular genius, but looking at his social and artistic milieu also reveals him as a product of his time
An exhibition in London of the Danish painter’s work reveals her mastery of atmosphere and offers a glimpse into life in her rural community
The millionaire chemist was determined to bring modern European art to the United States – and bought the best in bulk
In the 16th century the French city of Limoges breathed new life into a medieval art, with spectacular results
The artist’s retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts in London confirms the place of this strangest of contemporary painters in the canon
