Art of the golden age

On our way back from Argentina, we stopped over in Amsterdam. Every dog has its day. And the Dutch Republic – precursor to today’s Netherlands – had its in the mid-17th century. It broke away from the

Ancient India gave the world its number system, anticipated Galileo’s heliocentric theory by a millennium and spread its culture from Egypt to Siberia–only to be almost entirely forgotten. It’s past time to restore it to its rightful place in history

A personal approach to the Renaissance

Camels and souks , Jerusalem and Petra are once again capturing people’s imagination, as a crop of sales earlier in the spring demonstrates

Take a good dollop of Victorian innovation, add a fistful of classics, season it liberally with creative genius and you’ll cook up the very British art of literary illustration. Carla Passino charts its history and discovers that it still thrives

The shared struggles of Hieronymous Bosch, Max Beckmann and William Kentridge