Take five: curiosities about andrea della robbia

Anthony Lawrence, a New Forest artist, painted everything from Dante’s Inferno to portraits of Ian McKellen and Yehudi Menuhin. This October, Palais des Vaches presents the first major retrospective o

THAT summer, for the first time, Gabriella had invested in a season membership of the Lido Club and it had been worth every cent. Not only had it given her access to one of the fenced-off sections of

There are many reasons that an artist’s ambitions can be thwarted, including the decision to become a teacher. Later this month, an exhibition will shine a light on talent obscured by a career in the classroom

A line in a sermon by John Donne so struck Stanley Spencer that he turned it into a painting. Now, a study for the picture is on offer at the British Art Fair

Exhibition of the week Millet: Life on the ...

A 19th-century Milanese villa has been given a new lease of life – revamped to show the creative side of an avid art collector and his family