18th century
'Understanding our things in action': innovative book gives new life to objects owned by 18th-century artists
We rarely consider the everyday items owned by artists—this volumes' authors aim to change that
Saved by a pub entrepreneur, Sherborne House reopens as an arts centre
The comprehensive renovation includes a new restaurant, an events pavilion and the restoration of a James Thornhill mural
Royal Academy of Arts’s forgotten founding member Angelica Kauffman gets solo show
The Swiss-born portraitist and history painter was celebrated in her lifetime but later fell into obscurity
Reinterpreting and repositioning the legacy of Joshua Reynolds 300 years after his birth
An exhibition in Plymouth, near where Reynolds grew up, looks at the stories behind the society figures depicted in his portraits
Scurrilous, rude and joyful: the secret stories of tampered pennies told in new publication
Essays explore the myriad ways that coins have been inscribed with messages of protest, love and more
For richer, for poorer: domestic life in 18th-century Ireland examined in new book
Scholarly essays examine how people lived, from poor tenant farmers to their whist-playing landlords
New book reveals how women artists in the 'Age of Revolutions' confound stereotypes
This statistics-driven investigation shows that many of the hundreds of women exhibiting in London and Paris between 1760 and 1830 eschewed the still-life
Acquisitions round-up: Versailles acquires a previously unpublished painting of a young Marie-Antionette by Joseph Siffred Duplessis
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
Magnificent two-volume book reveals the sumptuous, Rococo-infused life of Versailles courtier Madame de Pompadour
This comprehensive history of the lady’s obsessive relationship with Sèvres porcelain in the 18th century sheds light on little-known aspects of the industry
An exquisite study of the man who documented North America’s wildlife in the 18th century
This exploration of Mark Catesby is a rich and deeply researched account of his journey from amateur naturalist in East Anglia to intrepid observer in the New World
Not quite 50 shades of gris: new book on 18th-century French art reveals discrete gradations of erotic images
Careful study identifies four categories of eroticism in works
The story of an Irish family’s history and its porcelain service are woven together in this fascinating book
The recovery of a Worcester soft-paste collection sheds light on 18th-century Anglo-Irish culture
A catalogue demonstrates Boucher’s mastery of the 'Chinese' taste
The essays in this book investigate the many facets of this extraordinary 18th-century fashion
Gainsborough's newly restored Blue Boy awaits the end of lockdown
Closed by coronavirus, Huntington Library posts online video reflecting on 18-month conservation treatment of dazzling portrait
Despite its 'hybrid' approach, the Met's catalogue on French painting lacks detailed analysis
When used together, the New York museum’s print catalogue and supplementary website on their 18th-century French works make an excellent initial resource but offer little new information
Angelica Kauffman, who was lauded in her lifetime but later largely ignored by art historians, gets new show
Travelling Kunstpalast exhibition will feature the only known ceiling paintings created by a woman in the 18th century
A journey through William Hogarth’s ‘moral geography’ of London and beyond
As an exhibition opens at the Sir John Soane's Museum, the curator David Bindman takes us from Covent Garden and Grosvenor Square to “Guzzledown”
National Gallery definitively catalogues 'small but perfectly formed' collection of French 18th century paintings
Humphrey Wine’s lavishly illustrated book details the London museum's 60 authentic works and 12 replicas, copies or pastiches
Children’s portraits without shadows: new book on painting childhood
No Chucky or Lord of the Flies in portraits by British and British-based artists
Boilly, prolific portraitist and genre painter
Almost unknown in Britain, his work was secretly amassed by Harry Hyams, the billionaire property developer
Winckelmann's impact on modern concepts of art history is celebrated in Weimar
The man who wrote art history is remembered 300 years after his birth
Sir Joshua Reynolds’s portraits in focus, at last
His most important works now take centre-stage
Books: Lambert Krahe as a collector for instruction, rather than pleasure
A biography of a perceptive 18th century collector
Portrait of Prince Nicholas II Esterházy as an avid collector, a bankrupt, and a womaniser
The Prince's passions cost him his fortune but gave Hungary a fine collection of art
Inside Piranesi’s prisons on show at the Venice Architecture Biennale
An immersive, digital film at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini reimagines the artist’s dark fantasies as if in three dimensions
Bringing back the Baroque—colonial style
Yale prepares for the 2012 installation of its decorative arts galleries by reconstructing a period room
Books: Saviour of the Habsburgs, richly rewarded
Soldier and collector Prince Eugene of Savoy’s role in the rise of the Austro-Hungarian empire
Book review: the history of Irish furniture in all its finery
An invaluable resource, lavishly illustrated
Metropolitan re-opens Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts
Also now open is its Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education
Books: James Brydges, munificent benefactor or bad-taste merchant?
A reappraisal of the life of the first Duke of Chandos, patron, collector and philanthropist