Edgar Degas caught the high life and low life of the Paris Opera. Carolyn Stewart goes behind the curtain.

Isolation was a persistent theme in Edward Hopper’s art and life. Was he dogged by isolation or did he pursue it?

The Faustian bargain that drove Winston Churchill to seek an enduring impact in politics also drove him to the canvas.

After Louis Vuitton prints an image of child predation on a luxury handbag, can we still turn a blind eye to Gauguin’s well-documented history of predation?

Gustave Caillebotte’s work provides an uncensored, rich and occasionally rough-around-the-edges view of an artist and the Impressionist movement in its formative stages.