An extract from a new book by Sebastian Smee—about the Impressionists during the Siege of Paris and Paris Commune—brings to life the peculiar episode of artistic intervention

The gallery's curators reveal the role played by living artists and women in building the institution’s all-embracing character over the past 200 years

Plus, the Manet/Degas rivalry in Paris and one of the most significant female Impressionists

The exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery will explore the little-known influence of 18th-century English painting, which the artist encountered on her honeymoon