A revival in figurative art and the changing face of portraiture

How Jan van Eyck changed the trajectory of Western art

A remarkable and delectable exhibition at the Fitzwilliam

The Delft thunderclap opened new visions, especially for Pieter de Hooch

'The intimacy draws us into Blake’s world; his other-worldly figures begin to make sense in our world and its division, hypocrisy, faithlessness and faithfulness. He plumbs our depths, the worst and the best'

What to paint, how —and why