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The full glory of ancient Rome blazes once more in this grand, yet very human, exhibition of paintings on loan from the royal collection

When Paula Rego was asked to paint a mural for the dining room of the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing in 1990, it “seemed a thoughtless insult”, said Laura Cumming in The Observer. The artist, who died last year aged 87, was renowned for focusing on the kinds of people normally…

Visitors can pay £1 for special exhibitions, including Frans Hals showcase next month, amid cost of living crisis

Designed to be seen across dining crowds at the National Gallery, Rego’s 90s mural, inspired by Crivelli’s 15th-century one, comes alive in the details. And Cooke’s candid self-portraits find respite in flowers

From kaleidoscopic mosaics to modernist masterpieces, let’s open our eyes to the art hidden in plain sight

What is the point of having Blue Poles if you've got holes in the roof, Anthony Albanese asked.

Rego’s huge mural, painted 30 years ago for the Gallery’s restaurant, sits alongside the altarpiece that inspired it. Hers is less a feminist revolt than a celebration of perspective itself

The artist creates a world rooted in the here and now but propels viewers into the realms of the imagination

In an extract from her new memoir, the Observer art critic tells the story of two paintings: one a source of comfort during a doomed affair, the other an unforgettable vision created by her father

South Tyneside residents are encouraged to make the most of a chance to see 1826 masterpiece The Cornfield

As a vast wedding cake sculpture is unveiled on the lawn at his stately home Waddesdon Manor, Lord Rothschild, scion of the banking dynasty, talks art, gangsters, champagne magnums and giant teapots with Geordie Greig