The birth of venus

The secret meaning of Vermeer’s art

How and why women fall through history’s gaps

by Jean-Honore Fragonard The British critic, Clive Bell commented “a Fragonard is always a Fragonard. Brilliant, lively, succulent and sometimes bewitching. It would be impossible to fling paint on to

The piece I’d never part with

Exhibition of the week William Nicholson Pallant House ...

A new catalogue in four volumes explores the extraordinary riches of the sculpture in the Royal Collection. Its author, Sir Jonathan Marsden , selects 10 favourite works that reflect the diversity of this astonishing collection