The painter was a product of the Enlightenment, which might explain why he had such a knack for illuminating a subject
The Louvre is flexing its muscles by displaying the drawings that led to frescoes for one of the great Renaissance ceilings
As spooky season descends, we look at four artworks that embrace the macabre and the fantastical
Ceremonial enamelled swords played an important role in the courts of 19th-century India and their artistry makes them still compelling today
At TM Gallery in London, the figurative painter talked to Apollo about her beginnings as an artist and the painters who inspire her
Plus: the Louvre director offers to resign in the wake of the jewel theft, and plans to build a tunnel under Stonehenge have been quashed
Mukherjee’s pioneering textile sculptures were key to the development of modernist art in India
The artist’s enigmatic assemblages of found objects go on show in Wiesbaden alongside lesser-known collages
The 18th-century sculptor’s enigmatic depictions of facial expressions go on show alongside his royal commissions and works by his peers
One of the fathers of the Impressionist movement gets his first major US exhibition in almost half a century
