‘She is a he’: Was An Old Woman, the painting that inspired Alice’s Duchess, actually a man?
Curator of Renaissance art exhibition claims grotesque sitter for portrait didn’t have a disfiguring disease, as was previously thought
May 2020
The great British art quiz
How do we know Monet painted this outdoors? The great British art quiz
The National Gallery in London has set today’s quiz, which allows you to explore the collections of museums closed due to coronavirus – while answering some tricky questions
January 2020
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Ghent's godlike glory, horror at sea and Britain goes baroque – the week in art
Ghent completes a magnificent restoration, Marc Bauer follows Hokusai and Géricault to sea, and a coffee controversy brews at the Tate
'A godlike, pounding power': Van Eyck and the Ghent Altarpiece Restored – review
The stupendous restoration of the altarpiece, and the magnificent exhibition nearby, confirm Van Eyck as a painting colossus. Get yourself to Ghent!
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Why laugh at the humanoid sheep in the Ghent altarpiece? It is majestic
The original sheep, which had been painted over, has now been revealed, ‘freaky’ eyes and all. No wonder – it is a symbol of Jesus, and he was more man than baa-lamb
November 2019
National Gallery lends Van Eyck portrait for 'once-in-a-lifetime' show
Exclusive: Portrait of a Man (Léal Souvenir) will be among star items in Ghent exhibition
October 2018
Sex, sheep and terror: the scandalous theatre of Milo Rau
He has put an Isis fighter’s mother in the Ghent Altarpiece and restaged a brutal murder. Now the Swiss director plans to get radical
June 2018
Brief letters
We should be aping our cousins in death
Brief letters: Naked Adam and Eve | Puan the orangutan | Morris Travellers | Footballers
The Ghent Altarpiece: a passport to paradise missing one magical stamp
The idea that we might soon see the Van Eyck brothers’ lost panel is one to savour
Puzzler says he has cracked code to stolen Belgian masterpiece
Citizens told not to dig up square in Ghent to look for 15th-century painting missing since 1934
May 2018
Lost, stolen, blown up and fed to pigs: the greatest missing masterpieces
Their whereabouts may be a mystery. But these treasures by the likes of Leonardo, Caravaggio and Jan van Eyck could still turn up. If you’re a budding Indiana Jones, here are some clues to start you on your quest…
September 2017
Anatomy of an artwork
Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait: the race to make art come alive
Reflections: Van Eyck and the Pre-Raphaelites review – not worth a look
April 2017
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Refugees, aristocrats and modern British painters – the week in art
Ben Uri Gallery’s exhibition of German artist émigrés opens this week, while the Scottish National Gallery shows off two masterpieces of nature’s power – all in your weekly dispatch
February 2016
Readers suggest the 10 best …
Readers suggest the 10 best love paintings
Last week, for Valentine’s Day, Laura Cumming selected her top 10 paintings about love. Now you suggest the brushwork that fills you with passion
August 2015
Jonathan Jones on art
Why Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy selfie would turn Titian on
Kardashian’s selfie is a hymn to the female body that harks back to the liberating portrayals of ample women in Renaissance and Baroque art
June 2013
Peter Duggan's artoons
Peter Duggan's Artoons: Jan van Eyck makes a fist of it
Ever wondered if you could take on the infant Jesus at a game of scissors paper stone – and win? Peter Duggan's latest cartoon may hold the answer …
June 2012
Peter Duggan's artoons
Peter Duggan's Artoons: Jan van Eyck
Cartoonist Peter Duggan applies a fresh coat of paint to art history with his take on Flemish painter Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait (also known as The Arnolfini Marriage)
