Renaissance gender benders

Exhibition of the week Seeing Each Other: Portraits ...

Exhibition of the week Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits ...

An ocean of prejudice met the American heiresses who came to Britain at the dawn of the 20th century, but there was more to them than their wealth. Some earned their own titles, one flew helicopters and another made history as Britain’s first female MP

The form of St Mary Magdalene started life ...

Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua, bargained, cajoled and went behind her family’s back to get what she desired. Meet 16th-century Italy’s most formidable collector

Exhibition of the week The Wonder of Art: ...