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Michaelina Wautier review: an astoundingly skilled painter returned to her rightful place in the spotlight

The first modern mention of the Flemish painter Michaelina Wautier (1614–1689) introduces an artist who defies expectation. Referring to her monumental Triumph of Bacchus (1655–59), Gustav Glück, the first art historian to serve as curator of Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, wrote in 1903 that “even in an age of female emancipation,…

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Michaelina Wautier review – an astounding lost artist steps out of her male contemporaries’ shadows

Wautier’s mighty paintings have been misattributed to her male peers for 300 years, but now UK audiences can enjoy their first encounter with a 17th-century trailblazer

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Neither saint nor sinner, Artemisia Gentileschi’s Mary Magdalene is electrifyingly alive

Soon to go on display at the National Gallery of Art in DC, it took a female artist to portray the biblical figure not as shamed and repentant but in the throes of ecstatic rapture

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‘Not for ogling’: forget Titian, Botticelli and the male fantasists – only women can paint great female nudes

From Yoko Ono to Frida Kahlo, from Louise Bourgeois to Artemisia Gentileschi, women have long been capturing the unvarnished truth about their own bodies – and that’s why my novel Female, Nude weaves them into the plot

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Rare self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi as ‘one of history’s most courageous women’ up for auction

Gentileschi’s work and life have become a greater source of fascination in recent years

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Andy Warhol would have hated safe spaces. So why keep dragging dead artists into today’s culture wars?

Critics and curators are reframing great artists, from Gentileschi to Soutine, to fit with modern ethical narratives. But this ignores the glorious ambivalence of their creations

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Who was Caravaggio’s black-winged god of love? What this masterpiece reveals about the rogue genius

In three thrilling works by Caravaggio, the same boy’s face crops up. As one – the astonishing Victorious Cupid – arrives in Britain, we ask: who was this anarchic model and muse?

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The painting that haunts me – seven experts share their favourite scary artwork

With Halloween approaching, we asked seven of our academic experts to tell us about the most unsettling artwork they’ve ever encountered. From gruesome portraits to creepy critters, these are the paintings that have stayed with them long after their first glimpse.

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The National Gallery at 200: is this rehang a bold relaunch or rinse and repeat?

The National Gallery has recently rehung its entire collection. Taking hundreds of paintings off the wall and replacing them in a new arrangement requires considerable mental and physical labour on the part of curators, conservators and technicians.

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Playwright Kate Hamill's Feminist Masterpiece: 'The Light And The Dark'

Kate Hamill's play 'The Light and the Dark' celebrates Artemisia Gentileschi's defiance and resilience in a male-dominated society.

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Kate Hamill delivers a 'feminist primal scream' with her new play 'The Light and the Dark'

The inspiration for Kate Hamill’s latest play came from across centuries and the planet

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The Jetty review: Jenna Coleman sleuths in clichéd but compelling feminist cold-case drama

It’s not perfect, but there is far more good stuff in ‘The Jetty’ than in your average ‘defective detective’ drama

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National Gallery at 200: in praise of Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria

A formidable artist and businesswoman of the baroque period, famous for her skill in conveying female strength and creating drama with her brush, Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1654) was – and still is – in high demand.

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From Bad Boys to Charli XCX: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back for more quippy explosion larks, and the singer returns with a sassy statement of intent

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Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920 at Tate Britain review: strikingly powerful

This comprehensive show might be wide-ranging, but there are some real gems here

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Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain review – this changes everything

This tremendous show highlights so many unjustly forgotten, belittled and misattributed works, from 15th century miniatures to Georgian thrillers, Victorian innovators and modern abstractors. What a seismic reckoning

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Artemisia in Birmingham; Jesse Jones: Mirror Martyr Mirror Moon; Dion Kitson: Rue Britannia review – reshaping art history

The Ikon gallery’s dramatic display of the National’s Gentileschi, coupled with Jesse Jones’s terrific installation, sees the past anew, while a Dudley-born artist makes poetry with tragicomic memorials

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Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour: where to watch, locations, hosts, interview, trailer and everything we know

Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour saw Rob Rinder and Rylan Clark explore stunning Italian cities and have candid conversations.

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On my radar: Alison Balsom’s cultural highlights

The classical trumpeter on a complex marital drama, an uncompromising violinist and a garden that feels like stepping back in time

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Perfect parabolas of spurting blood! Did Galileo teach Artemisia the science of gore?

Her savage masterpiece Judith Beheading Holofernes shows in gruesome detail what happens when a man is butchered alive. But how did Gentileschi manage to be so accurate? Our writer explores a centuries-old mystery

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‘Extraordinary’: 101 women narrate A History of Women in 101 Objects audiobook

Miriam Margolyes, Kate Winslet and Gillian Anderson among those giving voice to objects including a femur, a thumbscrew and a glass dildo

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The monstrous old master: how Succession’s Rubens lays bare the Roy family’s brutality

The 17th-century painting The Tiger Hunt depicts a visceral battle for power that perfectly sets up the HBO series – and paintings on the walls in other TV shows hold hidden messages

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Feast your eyes, feed your soul: the 31-day art diet for January

Brighten up dark January with our one-a-day selection of works of art chosen and introduced by the Observer’s art critic

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Hidden women: Madrid show puts forgotten artists in the picture

Maestras explores how talented female artists won recognition in their lifetimes, only to find their works written out of the canon

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