Art and soul

Whether it is adding contemporary paintings to a gallery of Old Masters or branching out into territories as diverse as Modernist chairs, Iranian tiles or Churchill memorabilia, the passion for collecting seems to run in some families, as Eleanor Doughty discovers

Many interior designers actively encourage a mix to create successful schemes. ‘For a space to be personal and individual, avoid filling it with only new things,’ advises Sarah Peake, founder and crea

FROM POWERFUL PLACEMENT TO SIZE AND SCALE, INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND ART CONSULTANTS OFFER ADVICE ON DISPLAYING ART FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT AND ENJOYMENT IN THE HOME, WRITES TALLULAH RUSHAYA

Our new columnist, designer Africa Daley-Clarke, reveals how to build a storied feeling in your home, starting with the slow pleasures of secondhand

Orlando Whitfield wades into the murky backwaters of the multibillion-pound art market to tell the true stories of the world’s most thrilling frauds, forgeries and heists

WHETHER YOU’RE A PROFESSIONAL OR AN AMATEUR – or someone who’s picking up a paint brush for the first time – there are some obvious steps you can take to improve what you do. You can practise every da