The piece I’d never part with

The secret meaning of Vermeer’s art

Exhibition of the week William Nicholson Pallant House ...

Leigh Lawson has embraced acting and poetry with the same determination that sustained Marie Lloyd, the music-hall queen whose memorabilia he collects, as Carla Passino discovers

No chance to travel? No problem: from Italy with Pompeo Batoni to the US with Edward Hopper, you can tour the world with artists instead, suggests Maev Kennedy

Turner is on our banknotes, Constable in our hearts