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In residence: how contemporary artists reimagine the National Gallery's paintings

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For more than 30 years, the National Gallery has invited artists to respond to the art inside. Here are three highlights

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Harmony Korine: 'If life is a movie, every blink could be an edit'

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As his paintings go on show at Hauser & Wirth in London, the film-maker, writer and artist tells us about his latest genre-bending output and his biggest influences

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Caravaggio masterpiece painted in Naples rather than Sicily, researchers suggest

The Art Newspaper

New research has overturned conventional wisdom about the provenance of artists famed painting Adoration of the Shepherds

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Emily Carr painting bought for $50 at barn sale could bring $148,000 at auction

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The 1912 painting is believed ot have been gifted by the artist to friends who later moved to the Hamptons, where a discerning dealer nabbed it decades later for a bargain

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Newly attributed Turner painting, last sold for £500, goes under the hammer at Sotheby's with £300,000 estimate

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The work was previously attributed to a follower of the 18th-century artist Julius Caesar Ibbetson, but experts agree it was infact painted by a teenaged Turner

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner painting thought to be lost for decades goes on display in Basel

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The oil painting, which depicts two people performing the cakewalk—a dance that originated among enslaved African Americans in the 19th century—is last thought to have been exhibited in Berlin in 1923. The soldiers left the crate and painting behind, and the work remained in the same family ownership until its recent sale.

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On the record: UK artist Peter Doig to mix music and art in new London show

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From October 2025, Serpentine Galleries will host "House of Music" a multi-sensory environment pairing the artist's paintings with music and film