So Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in October 1876, charting the latest instalment of the Holbein cult. He was renting a room in Isleworth, west London, still hoping for a religious career

Close your eyes and picture Anne Boleyn. Chances are you can conjure up a pretty clear and detailed image in your imagination – because few figures in English history seem as visually familiar as Henr

Exhibition of the week Tracey Emin: A Second ...

John Piper was a modernist who rejected Modernism, a versatile artist who defied categories, but one who remained true to the spirit and detail of the places he painted

When William Caxton opened Britain’s first printing press 550 years ago, he helped the country form a shared language and literary culture, as a new exhibition reveals

Estimate in excess of £20,000,000 Ӏ Sold £22,895,000 Fabergé Easter eggs made for Russia’s Imperial family, the Romanovs, are as rare as hens’ teeth. With only 50 produced between 1885 and 1916, the m