Susie Nash is the Deborah Loeb Brice Professor of Renaissance Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

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Portrait of Baudouin de Lannoye (detail; c. 1435), Jan van Eyck.

Close encounters – Van Eyck in Ghent, reviewed

How Van Eyck achieved his effects is still very hard to explain, but there’s no denying their power

18 Mar 2020

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Queen Mathilde of Belgium and King Philippe of Belgium visi the permanent collection of the Old Masters Museum, part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, on May 19, 2020 in Brussels, as the country eases lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Daina Le Lardic/Belga/AFP via Getty Images

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As museums around the world prepare to reopen, many do so with a renewed sense of purpose

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in January 2020.

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Was the pledge to restore the cathedral in just five years a reasonable commitment or a rash promise?

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