Delve into the lives and work of Surrealism’s major figures, including René Magritte, Frida Kahlo, Joan Miró, Max Ernst, Man Ray and Leonora Carrington.
We catch up with art historian Michael Peppiatt about friendship with Francis Bacon, lunch with Lucian Freud, and unforgettable encounters with the likes of Sonia Delaunay and more.
Between 1664 and 1667, Vermeer created a set of paintings whose subjects ‘look us straight in the eye’. In this extract from ‘Vermeer’, accompanying the Rijksmuseum exhibition, Pieter Roelofs explores the striking effect of Girl With a Pearl Earring, Girl With a Red Hat, and more.
In this episode, ‘The Art Museum in Modern Times’ author Charles Saumarez Smith takes us inside the world’s leading galleries, exploring the ‘Disneyfication’ of the art museum, how architecture influences art, the uniquely contemporary role of the museum café, and why COVID might have lasting impacts on curatorial creativity.