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The major retrospective – the first to be held since Eric Smith’s death in 2017 – includes his earlier religious works, as well as later abstract masterpieces.
In the popular novel The German Lesson, a character based on Nolde falls victim to Nazi policies on “degenerate art”. Recent research on the painter’s life tells a more complex story.
Each of the over 100 objects displayed in this exhibition merits a long look.
Without being able to get into the heads of animals, it’s hard to say for sure. But instances of pig painters, whale crooners and bird sculptors certainly make it seem plausible.
John Ruskin, England’s preeminent mid-Victorian critic, wrote off the Mona Lisa as a total mess.
Anmatyerr people live 200 kilometres northwest of Alice Springs. The work of Anmatyerr artists is now on display in Switzerland for the first time.
Artists and scientists explore how we subconsciously perceive subtle proportions in trees.
Whistler’s paintings were first compared to music in 1863 when the French critic Paul Manz described his haunting portrait, The White Girl as a ‘symphony in white’.
In the 1600s the Netherlands established one of the world’s first art markets – but it couldn’t have happened without the economic boom spurred by the slave trade.
Reading Guernica as a comic positions the painting not as a lofty work of fine art, but as a public narrative of violence.
Viral selfie spot Saint Ignatius in Rome has much to teach us about the histories of painting, of understanding the eye, and of religious devotion.
We measured the eye movements of visitors to a gallery as they looked at a set of five portraits of black sitters.
The work of Van Gogh’s final years when he was struggling with his mental health, shimmer with life, colour and poetic expression.
Brent Harris’ retrospective exhibition Surrender and Catch traces his art over four decades. It is a visual and linguistic treat.
Rediscovered legacies in London, reimagined landscapes in Liverpool, small Sculptures in Bath and Degas in Glasgow.
This is a rare opportunity to see works by female artists that depict the landscape in a multitude of ways.
Glasgow shipbuilder Sir William Burrell collected Degas in the painter’s lifetime, demonstrating a keen eye at a time when the impressionists were shocking the public.
Much to enjoy as Bridgerton returns, a Tudor murder mystery intrigues, the International Booker prize is imminent, the National Gallery is 200 and the genius of Raymond Briggs is on display.
Gina Reinhart shouldn’t ask for her portrait to come down – but King Charles III probably should have sent his back.
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
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Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
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Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham
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Personal Chair of 19th-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer, School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in MA Creative Media Practice, University of the West of Scotland
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Senior Lecturer in History of Art, The Open University
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Art History, University of Sydney
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Professor of History and Policy, University of Westminster
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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Master of Art in Gallery and Museum Management Program Director, Western Colorado University
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Honorary fellow of the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, The University of Melbourne