Lost Caravaggio that was nearly sold for €1,500 goes on display at Prado in Madrid
Lost Caravaggio that almost sold for €1,500 to go on show at Prado in Madrid
April 2024
Rule-breaker for the ages: why Caravaggio is our screen age’s art superstar
With his final masterpiece on show in London and his influence all over Ripley with Andrew Scott on Netflix, the troubled painter’s appeal endures
The Last Caravaggio review – a gripping and murderously dark finale
Rage, slaughter, death, regret … The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, believed to be Caravaggio’s last work, is so astonishing, it deserves to be a one-painting blockbuster
Art unlocked: critics on the one work that explains the great artists, from Turner to Basquiat
Who killed Caravaggio and why? His final paintings may hold the key
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Death-defying darkness, thought-provoking pop art and unrepentant nudes – the week in art
March 2024
Christopher Hobbs obituary
Production designer who worked on Caravaggio and The Garden for Derek Jarman and provided the sets for the BBC’s Gormenghast
April 2023
US-born ‘princess’ evicted from Rome villa housing Caravaggio fresco
Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi escorted from 16th-century home amid long-running inheritance dispute
January 2023
US-born princess vows to stay in Rome villa despite eviction order
Saga continues over property housing Caravaggio’s only ceiling fresco as fifth auction fails to attract bids
October 2022
Hitler’s watercolours are best ignored, but you have to reckon with the power of Eric Gill
Martha Gill
A planned show featuring works by the evil and corrupt has caused outrage, but it asks some useful questions
May 2022
Brief letters
Gender gap in doctors’ drug risk warnings?
Letters: Hormone replacement therapy | Boris Johnson and Lorraine Kelly | Murderous artists | Whips in parliament | Nature doing what comes naturally
April 2022
Rome villa with Caravaggio’s only ceiling fresco fails to sell again
Easter in Art review – a parade of masterpieces of Christian suffering
March 2022
‘This is art for the penthouses of oligarchs’ – Damien Hirst: Natural History review
The artist’s progress from raw young punk to pretentious money-lover is on show in this collection of formaldehyde works. Even the shark is getting very shrunken around the mouth
February 2022
Want to buy a Da Vinci? I can get you nine! Eternalising Art History – review
Using blockchain technology, this fascinating show displays perfect digital copies of works by old masters – and they’re for sale, with proceeds going to museums devastated by Covid
January 2022
Auction of Roman villa with Caravaggio mural fails to attract any bids
The princess and the Caravaggio: bitter dispute rages over Roman villa
December 2021
Suspected Caravaggio work given protected status in Spain
Painting came close to being sold at auction for €1,500 before its true potential value of £50m came to light
November 2021
Paint the stage red: plays about artists – in pictures
As the Young Vic announces it will premiere The Collaboration, Anthony McCarten’s play about Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, look back at shows about Picasso, Kahlo, Dalí and other great artists
