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A view of Portrait of Lawyer Hugo Simons, by Otto Dix, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The work was offered to the MMFA by the Simons family for half its price in 1992, as a token of appreciation to their host city. (Monika Wright, 2023)

Two portraits, two destinies: How Otto Dix’s works ended up in Canadian museums

The presence of two portraits by German artist Otto Dix in Canadian museum collections is difficult to explain outside of the context of Nazi occupation and spoliation.
Protective paint sprayed onto a steel plate in a factory will have a different recipe than paint used in an art class. gilaxia/E+ via Getty Images

How is paint made?

Different paint recipes work for different uses. Two art conservators explain how analyzing paints from the past can reveal how they were made – and how best to preserve them.
An image of a 1977 anti-National Front demonstration in London from Steve McQueen’s Resistance exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland. Paul Trevor

Edinburgh Festival: ten of the best art shows to see this summer

We’ve scoured the city for the most engaging art experiences so you don’t have to – and most of the shows are free!
The Stolen Kiss by Jean Honore Fragonard (1787). Hermitage Museum

A brief art history of adultery

Painters across the centuries have turned this most intimate of transgressions into art, inviting viewers to become voyeurs of passion, guilt and desire.

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