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An expert's guide to Frans Hals: five must-read books on the Dutch Old Master Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Book Club blog An expert's guide to Frans Hals: five must-read books on the Dutch Old Master All you ever wanted to know about Hals, from an 18th-century biography to a 1994 novel of the artist's “lost diaries”—selected by the Rijksmuseum curator Friso Lammertse José da Silva 6 February 2024 Share After Frans Hals, Portrait of Frans Hals (around 1650) • Click here for more reading lists on the world's greatest artists The Dutch Old Master Frans Hals is renowned for capturing the expressions of his sitters, whether the cheeky sideways glance of a lute player or a smirking “cavalier”...
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February Book Bag: from to a graphic novel of Ruth Asawa’s life to a tome of Glenn Brown’s works Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Books blog February Book Bag: from to a graphic novel of Ruth Asawa’s life to a tome of Glenn Brown’s works Our round-up of the latest art publications Gareth Harris 6 February 2024 Share Glenn Brown , contributors include Hans Werner Holzwarth, Taschen, 474pp, £750 (hb) This new monograph gives an in-depth overview of the work of the UK artist Glenn Brown, known for his reproductions of other artists’ works—including those byOld Masters, the greats of Modern art and science-fiction illustrators—which he transforms by radically reconfiguring their colour, orientation and size...
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Why Anthony van Dyck was summoned to paint a recently deceased noblewoman Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Book Club feature Why Anthony van Dyck was summoned to paint a recently deceased noblewoman This extract from a new book about works in the Dulwich Picture Gallery by Helen Hillyard and Jennifer Scott reveals the story behind the artist's 1663 portrait of Lady Digby Helen Hillyard and Jennifer Scott...
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Missing Mona Lisa: the story behind the 1911 theft of Leonardo’s masterpiece Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Books feature Missing Mona Lisa: the story behind the 1911 theft of Leonardo’s masterpiece The author of a new book tells us why it was stolen and how Picasso got embroiled in the scandal Gareth Harris 6 February 2024 Share A museum worker called Vincenzo Peruggia stole the Mona Lisa in August 1911...