Ferdinand Hodler’s symbolic hold on the Swiss imagination
Geneva’s museums are using the centenary of the artist’s death as an opportunity to rethink how they display their collections
A revamped Leeds Art Gallery cements the city’s cultural life
Extensive refurbishment has allowed the museum to rethink how its historic building and collection are presented
Sargent’s great escape from society portraits
Freed from the limitations of his studio, Sargent’s sketches speak of the carefree existence of a gentleman of leisure
Alma-Tadema deserves to be loved again
The artist has fallen so far out of critical fashion that his merits are often completely overlooked
A Bruegel family reunion in Bath
The Holburne Museum reminds us that this entire family is worth celebrating – not just Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The quiet revolution of British watercolours
The British watercolour tradition did not end with the death of Turner
‘We have always been an avant-garde museum’
How do you maintain a museum’s experimental spirit, while putting the permanent collection centre-stage?
Akomfrah and Turner make for a potent mix in Margate
Turner Contemporary reveals how both artists explore man’s struggle in the face of much bigger forces
Capability Brown’s landscapes were designed to be a snob’s paradise
‘A major part of the appeal of his landscapes was that they were out of reach of the nouveau riche’
A closer look at Ingres’ impossible ideals
Oddities and masterpieces abound in Spain’s first exhibition devoted to the French artist
Francis Towne’s long road to recognition
Towne’s watercolours aren’t as ground-breaking as they were once made out to be, but they are definitely good enough to merit a revival
Goya disrupts his own show at the National Gallery
It will surely be a critical and popular success, but there’s something unashamedly conservative about the staging of this show
Ambitious plans for Gainsborough’s birthplace
Can a small museum in a Suffolk market town become a major centre for the study of the artist’s work?
The Taste of Victory: British artists and Waterloo
Painters struggled deal with the bloody reality of the battlefield
Tate Britain: A Poisoned Chalice?
New director will need to boost visitor numbers and restore morale
The Art of Work: Visiting the David Parr House
Is this remarkable house Cambridge’s best kept secret?
Horace Walpole’s gaudy gothic fantasy is revived at Strawberry Hill
The private apartments have reopened, but where is all the art?
Honesty or artifice? Self-portraits at Turner Contemporary
Female artists are well represented in this show; a deliberate strategy that prompts a more critical questioning of the genre
Review: The Brueghel Dynasty meets contemporary art
We’re fond of the Brueghels because they are rooted in their own time; so it’s odd that this ‘conversation’ works
Review: ‘Constable: The Making of a Master’ at the V&A
If you thought that you knew John Constable’s art, you are going to be in for something of a surprise
Review: ‘Late Turner’ at Tate Britain
It is not painting that is set free here, but the painter, liberated from the often questionable roles into which he has been conscripted in the name of British art
Review: ‘The Art and Science of Exploration’ at the Queen’s House
A new display of art from Captain Cook’s voyages is compelling, but doesn’t quite tell the whole story
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