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Away from the glitz of record-breaking auction prices and extravagant art parties, austerity has given strength to a new movement of socially engaged artists
The art historian’s collected writings include an illuminating essay drawn from his dazzling, lengthy lectures
New technology and growing middle class consumption opened up his works and those of his contemporaries to new markets
The history and scholarship of art forgery, and a faker’s delighted account of a life of deception
The story of Moscow's underground art of the 1970s
Face recognition software used to spot terrorists may be the answer to identifying unknown sitters in portraits.
In between the (contact) sheets
The volume is a compendium of papers presented at the Gallery in September 2009
New technology is shedding light on an Old Master as the prolific, multi-talented artist enjoys a renaissance
When artists subcontract technicians to make the works they design, who’s the artist?
Plus, Stephen Fry as Pope Innocent X
Despite some factual inaccuracies, this is a refreshing and invigorating presentation that challenges assumptions
A study of the women who had the greatest impact on the life and work of Ford Madox Brown
A deep look into the remarkable objects now on display in the museum's recently opened galleries
This collection of essays questions how we understand the terms Pre-Raphaelite, Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement
The Fraud, by Barbara Ewing, spins a tale of lies and intrigue
'History is unpredictable, and we cannot know which obscure artist or minor exhibition may once be regarded as a groundbreaking historical event'
Objects of translation and the cultural interactions of Muslims and Hindus in the late 12th and early 13th centuries
The critic and curator spoke to The Art Newspaper about the role of art theory, and what advice he is giving to his students in today’s artistic climate.
The author is hindered by his own technique
How artists and the arts fared under the Vichy regime and the German occupation of France, 1940-44
With LACMA's “Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures” opening soon, the artistic heritage of Germany is again under the microscope
Ostensibly disparate films illuminate art after the end of World War II
Bovril jar, perfume and morphine also discovered
'That’s no lady, that’s my wife…'
Love him or hate him? Whatever…
A new analysis suggests the artist was sending mixed messages in his work
Artists, collectors, critics, museum directors and auction house executives pick their holiday books