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Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life

Those lucky enough to have seen the Tate’s Turbine Hall installation The Weather Project in 2003 have a second chance to experience the magic of the Icelandic artist.

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Last Supper in Pompeii

When Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, the people of Pompeii were doing what Romans loved best – eating, drinking and producing food from the many kitchen gardens and vineyards serving the city.

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Art: The Early Years of Old Masters

The figurative paintings of Baselitz, Richter, Polke and Kiefer challenged the primacy of abstraction in the 1960s

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Art Fairs: September – October

Dates for your diary this autumn

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Art: Private Garden, Dreamed Garden

A group of young American artists descended on Giverny, the home of the great impressionist Claude Monet, at the turn of the 19th century establishing a colony there.

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Art: Gerhard Richter Seascapes

Basically, painting is idiocy,” the German artist Gerhard Richter once said. In a poll by Vanity Fair to find the greatest living painter, Richter came first – not bad for an idiot. Read more…

Art: Inspired by Nature

The National Trust continues to expand its programme of interactive events which this summer includes a major exhibition at Standen House in West Sussex devoted to the work of William Morris. Read more…

Art: Lee Krasner, Living Colour

What could a woman determined to pursue her own artistic career but married to Jack ‘the Dripper’ Pollock expect? Read more…

Art: Art promenades in the Chianti Region

Three years ago, a group of regional councils in Italy created an art trail following in the footsteps of the Renaissance master Piero della Francesca. Read more…

Art: Ibrahim El-Salah Pain Relief

The Saatchi Gallery for contemporary art, opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985 to exhibit his private collection and now based in Chelsea has become a charity and will show art outside his holdings in future. Read more…