15th century
Exhibitionspreview
Major Hugo van der Goes survey shows there was more to the Old Master than mere ‘madness’
Exhibition at the Gemäldegalerie explores myths around the artist's mental state popularised by a later painting, as well as his position in Western art history
Booksreview
The case is made for connoisseurs and their role in art history
The practice of connoisseurship, which, the author Frédéric Elsig argues, is a skill that can be learned, is examined in relation to 15th-and 16th-century painting
Repatriationnews
Penn Museum hands over fragments of 387 ancient clay tablets to Iraqi Embassy
Archaeologists say the tablets, unearthed nearly a century ago, are akin to receipts
Exhibitionsarchive
The many faces of medieval women on view in Bilbao
Elegant, humorous, erotic—and liberated
Exhibitionsarchive
Ferrara pays homage to Aby Warburg
Palazzo Schifanoia displays archive material from the Warburg Institute to commemorate her work