A show about the many variations and chequered history of the fabric even lets visitors see what’s worn under the kilt
The painter who never stopped seeing her subjects as individuals described her works as ‘pictures of people’ rather than ‘portraits’
The Musée Jacquemart-André shows that the painter was always open to new influences
The genre has often been dismissed as a kind of copying – but at their best, these paintings make us look again at the act of looking
Painstaking sleuthing has tracked down the artist’s colourful commercial designs for garment manufacturers
Nobody embodied the glitz and glamour of the fin-de-siècle quite like ‘La Divine’, as a lavish show at the Petit Palais proves
The Tate does a decent job of bringing the Rossetti women to the fore – but it still lets Gabriel run away with the show
A compelling exhibition in Paris proves that scrawling and scribbling have long been a way for artists to let go
Reuniting the surviving works from the painter’s ‘Frieze of Aeneas’ series allows us to imagine one of the great Renaissance ensembles more clearly
A demanding group show about the world economy could do with some more showing and less telling
By working in offices or trying to play Snow White at Euro Disney, the Finnish artist takes aim at the monotony of modern life
British folk rituals have often required the wearing of outlandish outfits, some of which have remained unchanged for centuries
Securing the services of Willem Van de Velde and his son was a coup for Charles II – and it put wind in the sails of England’s own maritime art tradition
The painter’s works invite us to marvel at the mysteries of perception – and we will never see so many of them in the same place again
A book of original sources about the painter is a tribute to both a great artist and a great art historian
The attempts of the master journalist to focus on her own past are as intriguing and oblique as the rest of her work
A show of paintings belonging to his most important patron reflects the artist’s quietly spirited side
The Courtauld’s show of recent works may be uneven but, at his best, the artist is more than capable of rubbing shoulders with the greats
The non-colour may convey notions of innocence and idealism, but it can also denote a darker side
Do photographs of the late Queen’s corgis at the Wallace Collection truly represent the depth of her devotion to this best of all breeds?
The Guildhall’s display of scenes set in the City is a minor curiosity rather than a major diversion
Bold brushstrokes and strong colours add up to a powerful sense of unease in the artist’s cryptically titled portraits of modern Ireland
Victor Brauner was a leading light of the Surrealist movement but, until now, he has been little known in his native country
