Art History
Art with extra ideology
Not everything has to be about gender
Let there be light
Raphael’s masterful depiction of divine light owes much to Dante, who incorporated the latest
optical thinking in his visionary poetry
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