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Liken it to a film that cannot be judged before witnessing it.

National Gallery, LondonFrancesco Pesellino died young and this show only fills a single room. But it’s a room bursting with life, where bold, radical colours bloom in narrative scenes crammed with activity

He was once thought of as among the greatest of Dutch painters, and this exhibition proves his worth

Explore the history of the humble - and not so humble - button.

Often overshadowed by his contemporary Rembrandt, the 17th-century Haarlem artist is revealed to be a genius of the telling portrait in this first showcase of his work in 30 years

Comprehensive collection of the 17th-century painter’s work aims to place him alongside Rembrandt and Vermeer, but his technically brilliant paintings are weirdly soulless

The Last Supper at Fort St. George and its artist

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…