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De tentoonstelling onderzoekt hoe kunstenaars die vooral bekend zijn om hun schilderijen hielpen bij het doen herleven van een vaardigheid die uit de mode was geraakt. Ze zijn wellicht het meest bekend om hun levendige olieverfschilderijen, maar een tentoonstelling die opent in het Engelse West Country richt zich in plaats daarvan op de subtiele grafische vaardigheden van kunstenaars als Édouard Manet, Vincent van Gogh en Paul Gauguin. Meer dan 50 prints, voornamelijk gemaakt door impressionisten, post-impressionisten en kubisten, worden tentoongesteld in het Holburne Museum in Bath. Lees verder...

Exclusive: pendant appears in 1635 painting Sir Thomas Aston at the Deathbed of His Wife that hangs in the Manchester Art GalleryA Hamnet-era mourning jewel has been rediscovered four centuries after it was immortalised in one of Britain’s most enigmatic and celebrated 17th‑century family portraits.The heart‑shaped pendant was depicted in Sir Thomas Aston at the Deathbed of His Wife, the 1635 life‑size, mourning masterpiece that was painted predominantly in black and white by the Cheshire artist John Souch. It hangs in the Manchester Art Gallery. Continue reading...

France’s Marine Le Pen and the Netherlands’ Geert Wilders among speakers praising prime minister at Budapest eventMarine Le Pen has called Viktor Orbán “an exceptional leader” and Geert Wilders hailed “a lion on a continent led by sheep” as Europe’s far-right figureheads rallied round Hungary’s prime minister before an election that polls suggest he may lose.“Hungary has become a symbol in Europe of a proud and sovereign people’s resistance against oppression,” Le Pen, the parliamentary leader of France’s National Rally (RN), told a gathering of EU-sceptical leaders in Budapest on Monday. Continue reading...