Art and Antiques

My favourite painting: Martin Waller

Martin Waller, the co-founder of design boutique Andrew Martin chooses a raw image by one of New York's most powerful and tragic artists.

In Focus: The six ‘poems in paint’ by Titian that are in the same room for the first time in 500 years

Michael Prodger heralds the ‘Titian: Love, Desire, Death’ exhibition at the National Gallery, a once-in-a-lifetime collection of a group of paintings he calls ‘one of the highpoints of Western art’.

My Favourite Painting: Sarah Raven

'Last year (on the back of a tricky calving season), I fell in love with cows. Looking at this painting is the perfect antidote to an anxiety-filled Brexit, coronavirus world.'

In Focus: The Heath Robinson Museum at Pinner, home to decades of gently satirised modern life

Huon Mallalieu tells the story of the small museum in Middlesex, where you'll find the last records of the county before it became overrun by suburbia.

My Favourite Painting: Duncan Wilson

The chief executive of Historic England chooses a strikingly simple, beautiful image from a modern master.

In Focus: How British artists contributed to the uncanny, desirous world of Surrealism

Michael Murray-Fennell delves into the subconscious, the uncanny, war and desire and discovers the contribution made by British artists to the Surrealist movement.

My Favourite Painting: Annoushka Ducas

Jewellery designer Annoushka Ducas chooses a René Magritte painting which hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

In Focus: How mass tourism to the seaside produced an entire era of iconic Modern art and architecture

Clive Aslet examines how seaside resorts used Art Deco to catch the eye, spurring on a movement of Modern designs for health and beauty.

What you need to know about insuring the fine art in your home

Protecting your fine art requires a certain expertise, advises insurance expert Guy Everington of specialist fine-art insurance brokers Castleacre.

My Favourite Painting: Simon Callow

Actor, director, musician and bona fide national treasure Simon Callow chooses a haunting portrait by an Italian master.

How Britain's regional auction houses are taking on the mighty duopoly — and pulling off coups as they do so

As Britain’s leading metropolitan auction houses cut their regional activities, their provincial counterparts are doing better than ever, says Emma Crichton-Miller.

In Focus: The David Hockney Grand Canyon image at the end of a years-long mission to 'photograph the unphotographable'

David Hockney's mission to create art that captures the natural wonder that is the Grand Canyon takes centre stage at a new exhibition of his work in Woking. Lilias Wigan went along.

My Favourite Painting: Tim Hands

Tim Hands chooses a wonderfully warm portrait of one of the most loved thinkers of the Victorian era.

My Favourite Painting: Martin Yeoman

'There is a sublime and sensual beauty about all aspects of this painting.'

In Focus: The story of life of St Clare, and other restituted paintings that found their way back home

My Favourite Painting: Viktor Wynd

Artist and collector Viktor Wynd chooses a haunting picture by Austin Osman Spare.

In Focus: Why Dora Maar’s vision placed her in the first rank of Surrealists

The brilliant, innovative photographer at the forefront of Surrealism was much more than merely Picasso’s mistress, says Matthew Dennison.

My Favourite Painting: James Birch

In Focus: The scandalous child of Empire, the murderous photographer and the woman who fatally brought them together

Eadweard Muybridge was not only the pioneering photographer of motion, but also a murderer. Jason Goodwin relishes this tale of the dashing rogue and adventurer who became his victim.

My Favourite Painting: Judith Weir

'This exquisitely decorated painting with a young, ginger-haired man screwing up his face, expressing disgust, and also fear, suggested by the whites of his eyes – such a vivid detail.'