Art History
The dead city
Romanticism rising from the rubble
Transports de joie
En route back to childhood at the Wallace Collection
What’s behind that enigmatic smile?
The author of a new novel about the Mona Lisa explores the history of the world’s most famous painting
Fabergé’s fabulous eggs
For decades, Carl Fabergé cast his spell over Russia and beyond
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young (and old) Man
The Wallace Collection’s Frans Hals exhibition shows the artist at his best
Nifty shades of grey
The National Gallery has surpassed itself, with a little help from its friends
Getting creative with history
The promise of John-Paul Stonard’s Creation is poisoned by a revisionist agenda
Stolen glories
Alexander Adams delves into two new books that examine the art theft of occupying armies in two different ages
Temple to craft and prestige
A beautiful and unusual book can lift the spirits of even the most jaded reviewer
Back to the drawing board: How the modernist cult captured architecture
Mark Alan Hewitt’s book is a welcome breath of sound common sense in a field where expensive insanity seems to have ruled the roost for far too long