If it had simply suggested that François Boucher and Flora Yukhnovich are united in creating tasteful house decoration for the rich, the exhibition would be a success. Such a daring reversal of ...

Koller’s spring auctions were highly successful across all departments, with notable prices for Old Masters and 19th century paintings and drawings, as well as for classical antiquities, decorative ...

Madame de Pompadour was a power to be reckoned with during the reign of her lover, the French king Louis XV. Born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, she rose through the proverbial ranks at the court of ...

Introduction: Why Boucher? -- Plates -- Boucher, boudoir, salon: cherchez la femme -- Making up the rococo -- The makeup of the Marquise -- Pastoral make-believe: gender play from the opéra-comique to ...

Alastair Laing, art historian, National Trust curator and expert on François Boucher – obituary A protégé of Anthony Blunt at the Courtauld, he went on to be honoured in France for his work on the ...