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The era is known for the white mask of makeup worn by Queen Elizabeth I, but academics reveal that cosmetic recipes then were more sophisticated than previously thought

Artworks by Rembrandt and Titian are hung at the house where politician held infamous ‘bunga bunga’ sex parties

Saint Francis and his 800-year-old robes come to the rescue, AI collides with craft and Japanese tradition meets pop art

The collection includes a portrait of Saint Sebastian considered one of the finest works by Andrea Mantegna

Painting by 16th-century old master regarded as among greatest achievements of his career

One of the finest versions of the artist’s work, Venus and Adonis, is set to appear at Sotheby’s London auction on December 7.

From the monarch to the naked performance artist who was living with Aids, Freud paints life lived in the face of death, with an unsentimental eye for human tendernesss

I still remember the shock when I first saw John Berger’s television series, Ways of Seeing, in 1972. In the years before Australia had colour television BBC art programs were often screened at the Art Gallery of NSW. (Previously the same venue had shown Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation).

A painting by famous Renaissance artist Titian once traded for just less than 80 dollars in London over 100 years ago, has been auctioned for a whopping 4.8 million euros (4.9 million dollars) in Austria – which is more than three times higher than experts’ estimations.

The painting is estimated to go for up to 1.5 million euros (1.62 million dollars).

Holocaust orphan Auerbach’s stunning paintings – tangled masses with hints of horror – have been brought out of the Tate’s vaults to resonate poignantly in a time of war