The erhard milch collection

One day this month saw the sale of the medals of a naval war hero and the collection of a long-serving art critic with a keen eye for pictures

Leading historians share the texts that have inspired and informed their work

Henry Jeffreys takes a fresh look at much-maligned Germany

There’s no shortage of great picks at this year’s TEFAF Maastricht, the Netherlands, including a Barbara Hepworth sculpture, a pastel portrait by Dora Maar and two sections of 4th-century Roman mosaics

What began as a simple attempt to trace my paternal grandfather online has unfolded into a web of lost marriages, mysterious deaths and unexpected headlines,” says Mike Medland. Born in 1949 in India

Gerhard Richter Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, until March 2 Dieter Schwarz and Nicholas Serota Gerhard Richter 416pp. Citadelles et Mazenod. £45 (€49.90). The Fondation Louis Vuitton, housed in Fran