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Built as a residence for Prince Eugene of Savoy, the Vienna museum with a tangled history is now a home for Old Masters and modern art

Stephan Kemperdick of Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie talks Apollo through Hugo van der Goes’s stylish depiction of the saint

A portrait of pooch at the Ashmolean can more than hold its own among more rarefied breeds

One of South Africa’s oldest wine estates has developed strong ties with the country’s leading artists

It has become increasingly common for museums to invite artists to respond to their collections, but what kind of connections are we being invited to make?

The Worshipful Company of Vintners still provides a very convivial welcome

On the 300th anniversary of his death, the architect’s fame remains unassailable – but the character of the man is more contested than ever, writes Matthew Walker

The painter’s close friendship with the Wertheimers is quite evident in the many portraits he made of them all

Tech companies have long tried to put a human face on their latest innovations, with varying degrees of success

George II gave his god-daughter a decorative silver bowl that was later put to surprisingly practical use

The painter’s house in Suffolk now tells a compelling story about his formative influence

The wines of the Veneto need no introduction, but it’s worth getting to know the ones produced inside the city itself

While the painter’s designs for the Decius Mus cycle were used to create several sets of tapestries, the version now in Kilkenny Castle in Ireland is in a class of its own