Reimagining the Skyline: Eight Books on Japanese Architecture
Explore the intricate details of Japan through an architectural lens. This selection of books traces a culture of architecture that is as experimen...
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Gone but not Forgotten: The Lost Buildings of 20th Century Japan
The remarkable post-war buildings that once transformed Japan’s cities are disappearing. Explore the lost architectural landmarks featured in Vanis...
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David Hockney, Betty Freeman and a Panoramic Portrait of 1960s LA
Who was the woman behind one of David Hockney’s most seductive paintings? Oscillating between art history and anecdote, this is an eclectic study o...
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Around the World in Eight Prophecies
Kings who hid from eclipses, questions burned into ox bones and a Yorkshire cave that has been pulling in visitors since 1630: how people everywher...
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Beyond the Paintings: Van Gogh’s Drawings
He is known for his paintings, yet Van Gogh insisted that drawing was ‘the most important thing’. From illustrated letters and quick sketches to am...
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The Odyssey’s Untold Stories: The Myths Homer and Hollywood Leave Out
He faked madness to dodge the Trojan War, cracked what may be western literature’s first pun, and died by a stingray spine. As Odysseus returns to ...
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A Brief Introduction to Lucian Freud
A painting of a sleeping woman has just sold for almost £29 million. Who was the man who made her? Meet Lucian Freud: grandson of Sigmund Freud, an...
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Seeing More Clearly: Martin Gayford and David Hockney on the Art of Looking
Sight is a sense we often take for granted. Not David Hockney. In this extract from A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney, Martin Gayf...
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8 Myths and Misconceptions about the Bayeux Tapestry
It isn't a tapestry, it probably wasn't made in Bayeux, and Harold may never have taken an arrow to the eye. As the world's most famous embroidery ...
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Ishiuchi Miyako: Tracing Memory, Time and the Human Experience Through Photography
What stories cling to the objects of the departed? In this extract from Ishiuchi Miyako: Traces, Lena Fritsch explores Miyako’s fascination wi...
