National Gallery
The Apotheosis Of The Ego
The Viennese Secessionists brought a pioneering introspection to their bold new portraiture
Play It Again, Jan
Music is integral to the National Gallery’s Vermeer show, perfectly representing the arc of life itself
Camera Bravura
The National Gallery’s new show, Seduced by Art, celebrates the lasting influence of photography’s earliest pioneers
A Delicious Summer Sorbet
Sterling Clark’s collection of French art, on show at the Royal Academy, is as appetising as it is unfamiliar
Things Visible and Invisible
The National Gallery’s new Leonardo show illuminates his quest for painterly perfection
The Sublime and the Beautiful
Two summer exhibitions at the National Gallery throw light on heaven and earth
An Eye for the Ladies
Stendhal loved Lawrence, Thackeray thought his work tawdry. An NPG exhibition gives us a chance to decide
High-Stake Fakes
If you think that painting hanging in a dark corner of your house is worthless, think again
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal