Art and Antiques

In Focus: A masterpiece by Fergusson, the Scottish colourist whose work is tinged by French avant-garde

Lilias Wigan takes a look at a work by JD Fergusson that's statuesque, sculptural and erotic.

A tribute to the four great theatre talents we lost in 2019

Gone, but never forgotten, these four theatre giants shaped today's theatre in more ways than one. Michael Billington remembers.

My Favourite Painting: Ashley Hicks

Nine of the most astonishing objects you can see at National Trust properties, from priceless paintings to a wooden leg to a simple tunic with a heartbreaking tale to tell

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain.

In Focus: How the belt of a goddess revealed the true colours of the Parthenon marbles

For nearly 200 years the Parthenon marbles held onto the secret they were suspected of keeping.

The Ickworth Velazquez that's one of the very greatest treasures of the National Trust

In the final part of our series looking at the National Trust's finest treasures, we look at one of the very finest paintings in the Trust's ownership.

Six new artists to watch at The 2020 London Art Fair

The London Art Fair has become a real highlight of the art world each year. James Elwes picks out half a dozen of the artists on display for whom he sees a bright future.

A 15th-century altar cloth that survives in almost miraculous condition, one of the National Trust's greatest treaures

Our series looking at the National Trust's finest treasures looks at a pre-Reformation altar front from Cotehele which has survived to the present day.

My Favourite Painting: Kim Wilkie

'The setting sun pulses, the motion in the waves and figures is slowly rhythmic and the mountains float on the horizon.'

A Chippendale table that's 'the epitome of light-hearted Chinoiserie design', one of the National Trust's greatest treasures

Our series looking at the National Trust's finest treasures takes aim at the Thomas Chippendale dressing table of Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire.

A pair of tureens that are a Rococo tour de force in silver, and among the finest treasures of the National Trust

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain — this time around we look at the incredibly intricate soup tureens of Ickworth.

A great Italian masterpiece brought to life as a woodcut by an English genius, one of the National Trust's finest treasures

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain — today it's the astonishing carving at Dunham Massey.

A man 'utterly consumed by the forces of love and passion', one of the National Trust's finest treasures

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain — this edition examines a painting that is small in size and large in meaning.

A red tunic that tells a tale of sinking ships, man-eating sharks and stupendous bravery, one of the National Trust's finest treasures

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain — and the choice today is a piece whose simplicity belies its story of tragedy, heroism, survival and recording of a dreadful incident.

The Marquess of Anglesey's revolutionary wooden leg, one of the National Trust's finest treasures

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain — today, it's a prosthetic breakthrough in Anglesey.

'An allegorical dream vision, a pilgrim’s quest for perfect love' that's one of the National Trust's finest treasures

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain — starting with a painting at Wallington in Northumberland.

My Favourite Painting: Hartwig Fischer, director of the British Museum

'An extraordinary statement on the intoxicating power of art,' says Hartwig Fischer as he chooses 'Untitled' by Cy Twombly as his favourite painting.

In Focus: Osterley's lost treasures, brought together more than 70 years after the blaze that split them up

The story of the family that created one of the National Trust’s best-known houses is revealed to Clive Aslet through its collection of art and furniture.

My Favourite Painting: Tim Parker

Tim Parker, chairman of the National Trust, chooses a right royal rarity: Goya's painting of the Spanish king and his family depicted as normal people, rather than leaders and figureheads.

The Art of Food in Europe exhibition review: 'All I wanted to do was to race from one delicious exhibit to the other'

A sumptuous new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge is devoted to culinary consumption between 1500 and 1800, and draws parallels with our own relationship with food. Bronwen Riley joined the feast.