3 Things You Might Not Know About the Birth of Venus
It’s Valentines season, so what better thing to do than to meditate on the things you love, and of course, Venus definitively conquers all at...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 14 February 2020
Art Movements
500 years of Raphael. Exhibitions in 2020
He was sometimes known as Il divino – the divine one – for his expert mastery of space and proportion. And this year, in the 500th anniversary of...
Candy Bedworth 11 February 2020
Walking the Line: Sofia Mitsola’s Women
For Condo London 2020, Pilar Corrias shares its space with Matthew Brown Gallery, LA. Whilst works by Sedrick Chisom largely occupy the...
Guest Profile 7 February 2020
Troy at the British Museum: Myth and Reality
This excellently curated exhibition on Troy at the British Museum in London takes visitors on a journey spanning thousands of years. There’s...
Chris Dobson 28 January 2020
Tutankhamun in London: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh
For the first time in decades, the treasures of Tutankhamun – who ruled over Egypt from approximately 1334 – 1325 BCE – are on display...
Chris Dobson 20 January 2020
10 Things You Need To Know About Jan Van Eyck
Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges who was born in 1390 and died in 1441. He was one of the innovators of what became known as Early...
Zuzanna Stańska 18 January 2020
Book Review: Sofonisba, Portraits of the Soul
Sofonisba, Portraits of the soul is a book by Chiara Montani about the life and work of the Italian artist Sofonisba Anguissola. Sofonisba was an...
Errika Gerakiti 15 January 2020
Titian’s The Death of Actaeon (Metamorphoses VIII)
A whistle-stop tour of each of the seven Poesies, which the Renaissance master delivered Philip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s, finally...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 13 January 2020
Picasso Damaged at Tate Modern
On the 28th of December 2019, a man from the public marred the Picasso painting, Bust of a Woman. The painting is on a long-term loan from a private...
Errika Gerakiti 10 January 2020
Simon Hantaï: A Journey to Abstraction
Simon Hantaï was a Franco-Hungarian painter whose work is marked by a reflection on painting techniques. In an evolution that carried his art to...
Maia Heguiaphal 7 January 2020
Titian’s Diana and Callisto (Metamorphoses VII)
In a series of articles we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. So far we...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 6 January 2020
Titian’s Diana and Actaeon (Metamorphoses VI)
In a series of articles we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. So far we...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 28 December 2019
