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The diplomacy of art: Bayeux tapestry loan shows cultural gifts still matter

History is full of examples of artworks being used to express things diplomats would be forbidden to say

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What if every artwork you’ve ever seen is a fake?

I was shocked to learn just how many pieces of art sold around the world are forgeries. But should finding out something is a cheap dupe really make us enjoy it less?

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Research confirms that Samson and Delilah is a Rubens

Letter: The National Gallery has published detailed research into Samson and Delilah, writes Gabriele Finaldi

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From Jenny Saville’s gobsmacking show to a pomo celebration of Richard Rogers – the week in art

Saville paints beauty and terror, Watteau returns, a £2.5m Rubens gets an unfair drubbing and erotic art reveals itself

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That muscular back! Those fleshy breasts! The National Gallery’s ‘fake’ Rubens looks very real to me

How can anyone call Rubens’ sumptuous masterpiece Samson and Delilah a ‘fake’ and ‘a shoddy artefact’? The Flemish master is simply doing a superb job of copying his own favourite outlaw artist

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A £2.5m dud? Fresh doubt cast on authenticity of National Gallery Rubens

Former curator’s comments, later withdrawn, reignite debate over attribution of Samson and Delilah painting

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I Decided To Recreate One Famous Classic Painting A Day For A Year, And Here Are My 51 Recreations

I want to actualize great painting from different cultural traditions to show people that it is much closer than it seems. My replicas encourage everyone to look at the paintings in detail.

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Cheeky monkeys, gored matadors and trompe l’oeil masks – the week in art

Alison Watt pays homage to John Soane, Ella Kruglyanskaya honours Manet, and chaos comes for civilisation

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Rubens masterpiece in National Gallery may not be legitimate, fresh evidence claims

‘Bad craftsmanship’ has cast doubt on painting’s authenticity

The Independent UK

Fresh doubt cast on authenticity of Rubens painting in National Gallery

Exclusive: Art historian points to ‘bad craftsmanship’ in supposedly 17th-century work entitled Samson and Delilah

The Guardian - UK

Rubens is a titan of Western art. The task of restoring his paintings is equally gigantic

When an iconic painting is in need of restoration, it is usually taken to a studio to be worked on in seclusion.

The Independent UK

Tim Burton’s bestiary, Vivienne Westwood’s baroque and fashionable figuration – the week in art

The film-maker reveals his visual secrets, the great designer goes rococo and George Rouy gets fleshy – all in your weekly dispatch

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The Scapegoat by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review – James I’s beloved bedfellow

A biography of the Duke of Buckingham brings the royal favourite, and his ‘entrancingly strange’ world, to life

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AP PHOTOS: Partial reopening of the Rubens House in Antwerp gives glimpse of painter's life

The city palace of Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens is partly reopening this weekend

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I never realised how much freedom and comfort softness could bring

It’s easy enough to get lured into adopting a brittle persona, but there are other ways to live your life

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‘He thought it was fun’: how Rubens painted over an old master to give it life

Hi-tech imaging reveals the artist tinkered with Herri met de Bles’s painting to improve the composition of figures

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Bruegel to Rubens: Great Flemish Drawings review – vital, intimate, exceptionally intense

So fragile that they are rarely seen in public, 120 of Flemish art’s finest drawings show you the minds and hands of the artists at work – chief among them the surprisingly dark and mysterious Rubens

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‘Every single work is a masterpiece’: the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of the greatest Flemish drawings

A new show brings together historic sketches from Bruegel to Rubens and more, capturing fleeting snapshots of everyday 16th- and 17th-century life

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Bruegel to Rubens review – strange and humble Flemish art with almost edible detail

This rich, earthy show pays tribute to the genius of many northern European artists who were inspired by Italy’s powerful cultural pull

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The monstrous old master: how Succession’s Rubens lays bare the Roy family’s brutality

The 17th-century painting The Tiger Hunt depicts a visceral battle for power that perfectly sets up the HBO series – and paintings on the walls in other TV shows hold hidden messages

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Things to do in London this weekend (January 12 – 14)

From London's latest omakase hotspot to a new showing of an old ballet, Mike Daw has everything to see, do eat and drink this weekend

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Rubens & Women review – ‘Naked breasts moved him religiously’

From nuns to nobles, the Flemish artist loved painting unclothed women. But, as this staggering exhibition reveals, there’s so much more to him than frolicking nudes

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From Expend4bles to Marina Abramović: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you’re after Hollywood beefcakes or intense performance art, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

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Sarah Lucas’s scandalous sculptures, a new slant on Rubens and Abramović’s RA takeover – the week in art

There’s a Constable in the living room, the Turner prize in Eastbourne and a sensual statuette at the Wallace – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Lucas, Philip Guston and women revolt: the best art and architecture of autumn 2023

An American great for the age of Trump, a baroque master’s feminine side and 20 contentious years for women’s art are among the highlights ahead

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