A coign of vantage

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 piece I’d never part with

A cut-crystal bed, with associated mirrors and throne, sparkled at auction earlier this month, but no glamour could beat the prize that was the Union Flag flown by HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar

TALK about being overshadowed. Sculptor Andrea della Robbia, ...

Exhibition of the week Ithell Colquhoun Tate ...

This apartment in Milan was transformed into an innovative home filled with bespoke details and unconventional charm