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The acclaimed novelist thought he had finished with ‘serious’ books. But now, at 78 and still grieving the loss of his wife, he has a new project on the go

The artwork was discovered just before being put up for sale for equivalent of $1,800 following an attribution mistake.

Climate activists glued their hands to the frames of two world-famous paintings by Spanish master Francisco de Goya in Madrid's Prado museum on Saturday, the latest in a string of protests targeting artworks across Europe.

It’s hard to get in the vacation mode when the big issues roiling the world keep popping up on old canvases.

Fred Sirieix’s guide to Paris, Girorgio Locatelli on Sicily, plus hidden gems in Copenhagen, Seville, Cornwall, Limassol, Amsterdam and Lisbon

Philippe Parreno’s filmic re-creation of Goya’s late murals, full of his bleakest visions, is like a time machine that lets us see this ghostly space through the artist’s eyes

It may not have the quaintly ageing city centre of its more touristy Spanish rivals, but Madrid has a glam-gritty charm all of its own, says Lucy Thackray. Not to mention the food...