Johannes Vermeer brightened his native Delft with luminous pictures of women caught in intimate moments, but the serenity of his work, of which he produced remarkably little, is at odds with a life mired in debt, as Carla Passino discovers

Between a Constable resonating with Nature and a Castiglione blaring with turbulence, a picture by Algernon Newton captured the quietude of absolute stillness

John Constable painted Salisbury Cathedral and Leadenhall from ...

The gargantuan, bewildering Louvre

WHEN TRAVELLING IN SICILY, it is impossible not to be captivated by the strong identity of light. It’s almost as if it were a living creature: restless, always in motion, forever changing. The way it

From gleaming presents to inebriating parties, discover five artists’ interpretations of the festive season