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Frank Auerbach faces himself
At the age of 91, the artist has produced a series of remarkable self-portraits, now on show at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert
Sterling work – European silver at the Louvre, reviewed
A catalogue of the museum’s unrivalled collection of silver and gold is a thing of beauty
The French archaeologist who was a force to be reckoned with
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Reality check – ‘Tartan’ at the V&A Dundee, reviewed
A show about the many variations and chequered history of the fabric even lets visitors see what’s worn under the kilt
Self awareness – Alice Neel at the Barbican, reviewed
The painter who never stopped seeing her subjects as individuals described her works as ‘pictures of people’ rather than ‘portraits’
The magpie eye of Giovanni Bellini
The Musée Jacquemart-André shows that the painter was always open to new influences
Beneath the surface of Photorealism
The genre has often been dismissed as a kind of copying – but at their best, these paintings make us look again at the act of looking
Andy Warhol’s textiles are finally back in fashion
Painstaking sleuthing has tracked down the artist’s colourful commercial designs for garment manufacturers
How Sarah Bernhardt stole the heart of Paris
Nobody embodied the glitz and glamour of the fin-de-siècle quite like ‘La Divine’, as a lavish show at the Petit Palais proves
Family fortunes – ‘The Rossettis’, reviewed
The Tate does a decent job of bringing the Rossetti women to the fore – but it still lets Gabriel run away with the show
How modern artists caught the doodle bug
A compelling exhibition in Paris proves that scrawling and scribbling have long been a way for artists to let go
Dosso Dossi’s scenes from the Aeneid are a Roman triumph
Reuniting the surviving works from the painter’s ‘Frieze of Aeneas’ series allows us to imagine one of the great Renaissance ensembles more clearly
The art of getting deep into debt
A demanding group show about the world economy could do with some more showing and less telling
Undercover work – the unsettling art of Pilvi Takala
By working in offices or trying to play Snow White at Euro Disney, the Finnish artist takes aim at the monotony of modern life
What should a well-dressed Morris dancer wear?
British folk rituals have often required the wearing of outlandish outfits, some of which have remained unchanged for centuries
Naval-gazing in Restoration England
Securing the services of Willem Van de Velde and his son was a coup for Charles II – and it put wind in the sails of England’s own maritime art tradition
Vermeer’s very strange way of looking at things
The painter’s works invite us to marvel at the mysteries of perception – and we will never see so many of them in the same place again
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Titian
A book of original sources about the painter is a tribute to both a great artist and a great art historian
The shuttered memories of Janet Malcolm
The attempts of the master journalist to focus on her own past are as intriguing and oblique as the rest of her work
In his room – the retiring art of Giorgio Morandi
A show of paintings belonging to his most important patron reflects the artist’s quietly spirited side
Peter Doig’s pick-and-mix approach to painting
The Courtauld’s show of recent works may be uneven but, at his best, the artist is more than capable of rubbing shoulders with the greats
When the wearing of white is a morally grey affair
The non-colour may convey notions of innocence and idealism, but it can also denote a darker side
A right royal dog show
Do photographs of the late Queen’s corgis at the Wallace Collection truly represent the depth of her devotion to this best of all breeds?
Vast paintings of London prove that size isn’t everything
The Guildhall’s display of scenes set in the City is a minor curiosity rather than a major diversion
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