Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer made headlines when it was sold last month, but behind the dizzying price and the magnificent artwork hides the story of an ingenious ruse to escape Nazi persecution

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

16 to 28 January 2026 RWS Gallery, London, WC2H 7HA Soft Edges will bring together the Guest Members of the Royal Watercolour Society for their first group exhibition. This exhibition will showcase th

The secret meaning of Vermeer’s art

Crucifixion Mural by George Mayer-Marton