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George Bellows’ early pictures captured ‘the sweat of the street’, but modernism posed a different challenge
A collaborative movement to promote common data formats aims to facilitate fast retrieval of information
Alternative investments to stocks and bonds
The Royal Academy’s exhibition sharpens our understanding of the French master by urging attention on his lesser-known works
The National Gallery’s autumn blockbuster aims to explore photography’s evolving relationship with the Old Masters. But where are today’s defining practitioners?
The Royal Academy chief pays homage to history by recreating meals the artists ate while they were dreaming of an Academy
Works in the most durable medium in the history of art are assembled in a bravura display
The masterworks of the Clark collection, now on show at the Royal Academy, reveal layers of insight
While top contemporary work makes records, the middle market remains uncertain
The pros and cons of the trend towards gigantism
Older artists run wild at the Royal Academy; younger ones get political at the Whitechapel. London’s open-submission art shows are full of brilliance and vitality
Mortality is a constant theme in the work of this Sensation generation sculptor
The consummate adman answers queries posed by nameless readers and journalists in this illustrated, gilt-edged Q&A
London’s Original Print Fair showcases an endlessly fascinating medium – at affordable prices
Degas’ nudes, their bodies sometimes unflatteringly cropped, introduced a new understanding of truth as beauty
Period string instruments (and their equally rare bows) are being bought for love as well as for money
The warlord is facing ‘a bit of an image problem’
Johan Zoffany’s observations of Georgian high society have a richly ambivalent wit
East Yorkshire is hoping for a tourism boost on the back of the artist’s latest exhibition, writes Brian Groom
Dealers rush to China but away from Nevada while Old Masters take centre stage in New York
For certain connoiseurs, the phrase ‘digital art’ provokes a groan. But some artists have embraced technology without sacrificing old credos
David Hockney talks about his new landscape show at the Royal Academy and explains why the ‘arrival of spring can’t be done in one picture’
William Blake counsels not despair but an unceasing ‘mental fight’ in harmonising social and economic goals
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