The Old Master specialist who researched the provenance of the recently attributed painting on the joys of exploring French attics

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from Van Dyck’s portrait of a princess bride to a rare painting by a Brazilian Modernist

From Moroni's inventive portraiture to Hans Op de Beeck's dreamlike world

Kris Martin says his addition to the Flemish masterpiece turns observers into “just judges”

Dutch Old Masters in the retailer’s corporate collection are to be sold at Sotheby’s

Still Life With Mackerel demonstrates the French 18th-century artist's virtuosity in the genre

London-based gallery will team up with interior designer Chahan to create "home of a 21st-century Grand Tourist" in the medieval Abbazia di San Gregorio

As shows marking the 350th anniversary of the Old Master's death open, we look at his masterpieces at the Rijksmuseum, Dulwich Picture Gallery and the British Museum. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

The Art Fund's latest report concludes that museums and galleries offer a way to de-stress—but they should not just a place for calm and comfort

Sotheby’s sees strong sales for works on paper by Rubens and Carracci while interest in masterworks by female artists slowly rises

Our pick of the highlights from January's auctions and fairs

On The Art Newspaper podcast, we find out about the scandalous faking of signatures helped keep a female painter out of the spotlight

We speak to curators Letizia Treves and Jordana Pomeroy about the growing trend to bring historical female artists to the fore. Plus, Kate MacGarry tells us about participating in Condo London. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

New US owner of former Chinese building-materials business turns to lucrative fractional ownership of art

Another tourist had an epileptic fit in front of the artist's Venus in 2016

Exhibition of Europe’s greatest female Old Master will include museum's freshly conserved acquisition

Christie's and Sotheby's sell near identical Van Dyck portraits of Princess Mary, and new records are set for Frans Hals and a jolly Judith Leyster

Half of movable works by Renaissance master included in St Petersburg show

Tis the season for Old Masters: here are three works to seek out, from a mythological marriage portrait to Annibale Carracci's sketch on an old account book

More than 30 conservators will treat paintings and sculptures, seven years after French culture ministry halted reckless cleaning of two panels

Move brings Dutch and New York art fairs in line with each other

Pair of portraits by Frans Hals expected to lead two-day sale of collection of Dutch entrepreneur, who was advised by the dealer Robert Noortman

Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio shows three paintings confirmed as one original work by recent conservation

Sixteenth-century painting of Christ on the cross was rushed immediately for conservation

Accademia Carrara’s curator Giovanni Valagussa explains how he put “two and two” together

First major UK exhibition of Spanish artist aims to show how his brutal realism was informed by classicism

Denver Art Museum's exhibition of the Old Master's prints looks at how he intentionally made “rarities” for his collectors

The female Italian Baroque artist's depiction of Lucretia is thought to have been in European collection since the 19th century

The work, lent by Art Gallery of Ontario ahead of a major travelling show on the artist, will undergo research at the Rubenshuis

The events that led up to the ruling in favour of the Norton Simon Museum after it was sued by the heir of Dutch dealer Jacques Goudstikker over ownership of the paintings