A Mania For Nymphs
Peter Lely's underrated pastorals and mythologies are erotic delights for the connoisseur
Things Visible and Invisible
The National Gallery’s new Leonardo show illuminates his quest for painterly perfection
An Eye for the Ladies
Stendhal loved Lawrence, Thackeray thought his work tawdry. An NPG exhibition gives us a chance to decide
The Little Prince Of Queens
Joseph Cornell’s shadow boxes are poetic windows on the mind of a man with a restricted life
Faded Master Of Experimentation
A new exhibition tries to resurrect the reputation of Sir Joshua Reynolds
The Aesthetes: When Kitsch Was Avant-Garde
We may sneer at the Victorian aesthetes, but is the sloppier, more cynical art of today any healthier?
Essex man who left his mark
Edward Bawden’s versatility has masked his huge contribution to 20th-century British art
A Different Habit of Vision
The short-lived Vorticist movement was ridiculed in its day. Now it seems brave and prescient
An Exhibition of and for the nation
The Royal Academy’s summer bunfight has long ceased to be the place for new waves to emerge
Il Faut Cultiver Notre Jardin
Monet was the first among many artists of his era who combined horticulture and painting