Andrew Graham-Dixon tells Carla Passino why he thinks we have read Vermeer wrong all along– and who the Girl with a Pearl Earring really is

The Ear of the Beholder Huon Mallalieu (Thomas ...

I absolutely love this painting; it is so intriguing and there is so much to look at. Apart from the quality of the painting itself and the awe-inspiring brushwork, the subject matter and intensity of

I absolutely love this painting; it is so intriguing and there is so much to look at. Apart from the quality of the painting itself and the awe-inspiring brushwork, the subject matter and intensity of

Alexander Marshal–this country’s first major botanical painter–deserves to be better known, writes Tiffany Daneff, after seeing his luminous originals in the Royal Collection

From gleaming presents to inebriating parties, discover five artists’ interpretations of the festive season