El Greco: The last great Renaissance master

The painter constantly reinvented his art – and the older he grew, the wilder it became

IM Pei, architect who designed the Louvre pyramid, dies at 102

Renowned Chinese-American architect balanced the cutting edge and the conservative

Rembrandt: the first great ‘selfie’ artist

The Rijksmuseum celebrates the greatest painter of the Dutch Golden Age with its ‘All the Rembrandts’ exhibition

‘There is only one master, Corot. We are nothing by comparison’

The world knows Corot as a great landscape artist. He kept his figure paintings secret.

Bridge of sighs – An Irishman’s Diary about the Pont des Arts in Paris

Italian investigators seize suspected da Vinci portrait

Painting taken from Swiss bank vault belonging to Italian family after tip-off