Antoine-Jean Gros: the artist behind Napoleon’s image

The man, the schemes and the burglar-alarmed fortress that kept Italy’s artistic legacy away from German acquisition

Dinosaur skeletons have stalked their way out of the museum world and into that of well-heeled collectors

Where are the Young British Artists of Saatchi’s ‘Sensation’ now?

Canova’s influence on cultural heritage should not be overlooked

A tale that proves the media and the public still thrill to an art theft

There is an infinite number of ways of conning collectors, investors and even institutions too

Beyond its backstory, ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ is both one of a series and an image made in part by a reproductive method

The UK’s prominence as a place to buy and sell the most prestigious art is under sustained threat

The painter Ilya Repin straddled both Ukrainian and Russian cultures