Sean Sheehan
Caravaggio is an aesthetic bombshell, shattering received notions of the experience available to the viewer of a painting, so not surprisingly consequences flowed...
Botticelli Reimagined
Victoria & Albert Museum
Until 3 July 2016
Sean Sheehan
Botticelli wasn’t always famous and after his death in 1510 remained forgotten until rediscovered...
Seven people have been arrested by Spanish police on suspicion of involvement in stealing five paintings by Irish-born painter Francis Bacon worth €25m (£19m).
The...
One of Lucian Freud’s most famous paintings has sold for more than £16m at auction.
Pregnant Girl depicts the artist’s 17-year-old lover Bernardine Coverley asleep...