Sophie Barling is a freelance writer.
Curator Peter Carpreau talks about the masterpieces of Flemish art housed in the recently restored St Peter’s Church in Leuven
The French director’s film about an 18th-century painter and her muse is a visual feast
From Fauvist paintings to fragments of the Berlin Wall – highlights of the 2020 edition of the fair
From The Rock as an art detective to warts-and-all Warhol – the must-see films and a first reading list for art lovers
The food historian Ivan Day talks about the historical table settings he has recreated for an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum
After a decade-long renovation, the palatial Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon can now show its masterpieces to even greater advantage
The film adaptation of Donna Tartt’s novel is visually enticing but unwieldy
An exhibition of works by James Pryde and a display of new research on Cézanne are among the shows not to miss during Frieze Week
The Mediterranean island still bears the mark of its most famous one-time resident
Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave co-star as the artist and his mother in this claustrophobic portrait of domestic dysfunction
The gothic heart of Bruges now beats a little faster at the renovated Gruuthusemuseum
The Ishara Art Foundation opened its doors last month with a show exploring boundaries and belonging
The film tries to imagine what being the painter was like – the results are as stressful, and appealing, as you might expect
The city is taking pains to address all aspects – both good and bad – of the legendary design school’s history
A bucolic Dutch scene and a paper cut-out poppy are among the highlights of the fair in Paris
The new Musée de la Romanité in Nîmes makes the most of the city’s classical past
From a Van Gogh biopic to a novel about Lee Miller, the books and films with an art-historical twist coming up in the next few months
The exhibitions and events not to miss in Mayfair and St James’s this year
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
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Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
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