Art History
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
Stubbs at flay
His controlled charnel house gave the painter a peerless understanding of horses
Vicarious pleasure
On the enduring allure of celebrity cast-offs
X scandal
The fault lay in the dirty minds of the viewers, he said
Whither the RIBA’s drawings?
Maverick John Harris embarked on the closest Britain has ever got to an architecture museum
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
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
The imagination of Ensor
The great Belgian painter could enliven the most mundane scenes
From the Trojan War to conflict in Ukraine
Rich insights into eras of incessant bloodletting