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ARTS, NEWS AND FEATURES
Ciaran Sneddon selects five gold rings in the form of art – from saintly altar decorations to the most distant artwork ever created
The one-time Suffolk home of the great 18th-century artist Thomas Gainsborough has been the subject of a £10m revival project. Caroline Wheater was there at its reopening
Have you started Christmas shopping? Then pause a moment to recall the glamour of department stores of the past. Tessa Boase has been rifling through archives of such sites for her new book; here are just eight of the fun facts she’s uncovered
This special site is dedicated to the life and work of George Frederic Watts, one of the great painters of the Victorian age, and his brilliant wife Mary, an artist, designer and philanthropist
Raw, tender, unflinching – the images made by Vivian Maier, a street photographer whose work lay hidden for years, can’t fail to move. Sue Herdman provides a snapshot of her story
Explore Christmases past, take a spin on the ice, encounter a Snow Queen – here’s our pick of four sparkling events to enjoy this month