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The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, c. 1835, oil on canvas, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Turner’s First Exhibited Painting Rediscovered after 150 Years

Just last year, a seemingly ordinary oil painting, attributed to a “follower of Julius Caesar Ibbetson,” an 18th-century British painter, sold for £400 ($506) at Dreweatts auction…

Denzil Forrester Jah Shaka 1983. Collection Shane Akeroyd, London © Denzil Forrester
"Life Between Islands" Explores Breadth of Caribbean-British Art
Opening at Tate Britain in December, Life Between Islands will be a landmark exhibition exploring the extraordinary breadth of Caribbean-British art over four generations. It will be the first time a…
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, No Need of Speech, 2018
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's Mysterious yet Familiar Portraits
Widely considered to be one of the most important figurative painters working today, Yiadom-Boakye is celebrated for her enigmatic oil paintings of human subjects who are entirely imagined by the…