What great paintings say

PHOTOGRAPHY: KAROLINA ŻEBROWSKA Book Frock HORROR From 17th-century ...

Exhibition of the week William Nicholson Pallant House ...

How and why women fall through history’s gaps

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

Why was Meg drawn to the mysterious woman in the painting?

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