Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here’s a pearl of wisdom. After 360 years, an art historian has allegedly solved one of art history’s most enduring mysteries — ...

Along with Rembrandt van Rijn and Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was a major artist during the Dutch Golden Age. He painted only about 36 pictures, and he’s mentioned in just a few written ...

Coming from the 60th anniversary celebrations for the Festival of Britain where Nancy Durrant talks to Tracey Emin about her new show at the Hayward. Also, Andrew Graham-Dixon travels north to the new ...

Andrew Graham-Dixon traces Paul Nash's footsteps in the trenches at Ypres Nash’s melancholy shadowed both the film and the presenter, who strode round the English country- and sea-side, not to mention ...

We have all seen those eerie pictures of the ranked thousands of sculpted soldiers looming out of the darkness and they are highly evocative, but Andrew Graham-Dixon's wonderful reaction did far more ...

Part one, Michelangelo Buonarroti and his world -- Part two, The Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Genesis cycle, first triad -- The Genesis cycle, second triad -- The Genesis cycle, last triad -- The four ...

Here’s a pearl of wisdom. After 360 years, an art historian has allegedly solved one of art history’s most enduring mysteries — the identity of the subject in the “Girl With a Pearl Earring” painting.