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Avoiding the curse of the figurative

A poet who prospered despite Rome’s bloody civil wars

The piece I’d never part with

From Raphael and the mysterious Fornarina to Jan Steen with his flirtatious Margriet and Suzanne Valadon, who broke many hearts until she lost hers to a much younger man, Nick Trend explores five romances that made art history

The Taking of Christ , 1602, oil on ...

Artsy’s editor-in-chief and director of content Casey Lesser on the French artist who finds poetry in the everyday