Michael Prodger
Women joining the boys’ club
Female artists are at last getting their fair share of exhibitions, but the market is failing to catch up
A question of attribution
The forthcoming sale of a purported Caravaggio is set to exceed £100m, but its provenance is far from clear
YiMiao Shih: Rabbrexit Means Rabbrexit
A furry farewell
A brush with painting’s history
The restoration of great works of art is increasingly being carried out in public before an admiring audience
Not too many happy returns
Calls for restitution of artworks taken during the colonial era are intensifying around the world
Boom time for Picasso Inc.
One name dominates the art market, with his paintings soaring in value and remaining a solid investment
John Ruskin: The power of seeing
The most eminent victorian of them all
Masterpiece — or male and stale?
Once venerated as the founders of Western art, the Old Masters are losing their allure
No art too good for the workers
Fernand Léger drew from popular entertainment and working life to make Cubism less inaccessible
The master of human vanity
The new Pieter Bruegel exhibition in Vienna really is a once-in-a-lifetime artistic experience
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past