Books
Sir Joshua Reynolds’s portraits in focus, at last
His most important works now take centre-stage
Duke Anton Ulrich of Brunswick: one of Europe's greatest collectors
His outstanding collection secured his legacy, says Joachim Whaley
A new book on the art of forgery is deceptively slick
Clare Finn asks: What is forgery without the forgers?
The lives of the artists, according to Hans Ulrich Obrist
Artists and architects talk at length about their work
The classic work on Frans Hals, even better: Met curator Walter Liedtke’s last review before his tragic death
Liedtke reflects on the continued importance of the Dutch Baroque artist
Andrew Lambirth on the ‘only English Futurist's’ war works
There is much to admire in the catalogue raisonné of C.R.W. Nevinson's work
Sculptural portraits as commercial and aesthetic objects
Susan Jenkins in praise of Roubiliac
Moreau, the mystic of Montmartre, was an unheeded prophet
Alexander Adams looks at the mysterious proto-Symbolist painter
Mariette, prints and drawings supremo
Howard Coutts on the work of the 18th-century collector and connoisseur
Reflections on art as an (ineffective) social expression
Jane Jakeman on art since the Arab Spring
Coats of arms: a fashion must for the people of Shakespeare’s England
John Martin Robinson on the art of heraldry in the 16th century
Gothic and Baroque—the two Golden Ages of ivory carving
David Ekserdjian finds these new books timely and uplifting
Incense: the secret ingredient in G.F. Bodley's architecture
Kenneth Powell locates G.F. Bodley in the Aesthetic Movement
No country for an old artist: on Goya’s witches and old people
Elizabeth Clegg discusses a new scholarly catalogue
A poverty of feeling: how Sean Scully exhausted Arthur Danto
Arthur Danto was enraptured by Sean Scully’s painting—but he was never sure how to explain why
‘Artistic change is never more accelerated than when people are trying to stop it’
Thomas Crow reflects on the difficulties of political and artistic restoration
A glimpse behind the doors of the Roman Baroque palace
A year of research reveals how nobles used theatrical interiors to show their collections
Complex talent needs greater understanding
Denmark’s Asger Jorn was far more than a painter
Lost libraries and broken Buddhas: war, iconoclasm and social media
The history of cultural destruction as a propaganda tool
Larry Warsh explores buyers’ behaviour in new book
The avid collector is trying to understand why acquiring art can be such a compulsion
Books: Tiepolo and Modigliani’s journeys to New Jersey
Princeton University Art Museum has produced a catalogue on its Italian Old Master drawings
Books: Caravaggio's diametrically opposed contexts in conflict
Across two books, the master's work is interpreted in divergent, not diverse, ways
Photo shows that made history
As a new book surveys landmark photographic exhibitions, museums are only starting to catch up with the digital revolution of the medium
The V&A’s complete catalogue of Early Netherlandish, Dutch and Flemish drawings from the 15th century to 1900
A true Benelux bonanza
Antonio II Badile: An Italian Renaissance drawing collector and his family
Casting light on an overlooked but fascinating aspect of the Renaissance
Books: Two books explore newer ways of seeing the world (and art) with varying degrees of success
Where Ossian Ward provides a handy guide, Charles Saatchi fails to impress
Discover Basquiat’s art—and his bedtime reading— at Prospect 3
During his lifetime, Jean-Michel Basquiat (right) kept a copy of the book Flash of the Spirit—considered to be one of the seminal works on Afro-Atlantic art and thinking—on his bedside table.