Emily Knight is assistant curator of paintings at the V&A.

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An Experiment on the Bird in an Air Pump (1768), Joseph Wright of Derby. National Gallery, London

Night fever – the dark energy of Joseph Wright of Derby

A biography of the artist known as the ‘painter of light’ explores his fascination with gloomy subjects

9 Dec 2020

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The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City (1931), at the San Francisco Art Institute.

A Diego Rivera mural is the San Francisco Art Institute’s prize asset – but that doesn’t mean it should be sold

The work is central to the identity of the cash-strapped school

Keeping time – the Tunisian clock monuments that tell of a bygone regime

A decade after the uprisings that led to the downfall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the clocks he loved remain

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A Diego Rivera mural is the San Francisco Art Institute’s prize asset – but that doesn’t mean it should be sold