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Self portrait in a Straw Hat by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
How and why women fall through history’s gaps
The piece I’d never part with
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
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
The secret meaning of Vermeer’s art
Lauren was no art expert – but she knew what she liked