The secrets of the ugly duchess

The form of St Mary Magdalene started life ...

Exhibition of the week Seeing Each Other: Portraits ...

Exhibition of the week The Wonder of Art: ...

An ocean of prejudice met the American heiresses who came to Britain at the dawn of the 20th century, but there was more to them than their wealth. Some earned their own titles, one flew helicopters and another made history as Britain’s first female MP

At the magical Goodwood Art Foundation, a pineapple perches on a chalk bank, 16th-century music bathes an ancient copse and Rachel Whiteread’s cast of the underside of stairs climbs Escher-like into the sky. Charlotte Mullins goes exploring

Exhibition of the week Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits ...