The piece I’d never part with

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

The National Gallery’s announcement of a new wing and more modern art–enabled by an unprecedented £375 million fund–promises to reignite a historic rivalry with Tate. Will Hosie investigates

Exhibition of the week Turner & Constable: Rivals ...

14 JANUARY

Although some perceived the advent of the locomotive as a threat to the countryside, by allowing artists a quick and easy way to travel, it broadened their choice of painting horizons, discovers Carla Passino