On Art

What Lowry saw in the sea

The philosophical side of the painter of “matchstalk men” adds to his charm

X scandal

The fault lay in the dirty minds of the viewers, he said

First impressions

The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition

Netherworld

The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters

Brussels, capital city of Surrealism

In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places

Scary cute

CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley

The erotic art book banned by a pope

A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books

Face to face with history

Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life

The imagination of Ensor

The great Belgian painter could enliven the most mundane scenes

Behind the scenes at the museums

The exhibits missing from the globe’s galleries and museums