Alexandra Loske, author of 'The Artist’s Palette', discusses one of her favourite palettes and what it reveals about the artist.
In this extract from ‘How Painting Happens’, celebrated writer and art critic Martin Gayford draws a parallel between the practice of painting, past and present, and explores the question: how do painters set about to make a painting?
'Bacon and the Mind' is the first in a new series by the Francis Bacon Estate, delving deep into Bacon's life and work to explore his relationship with memory, mind and trauma.
Kelly Grovier, the author of 'A New Way of Seeing', reveals what Botticelli’s Venus has in common with hurricanes and galaxies.
In the extract from 'The Lives of the Surrealists' by Desmond Morris, read about the childhood that shaped Salvador Dalí's work and his first meeting with Picasso.
'Looking at Pictures' explores the origins, designs and themes of over one hundred pictures in order to artfully expand our appreciation. Read an exclusive extract below.
Jasper Rees speaks to Martin Gayford, art critic for The Spectator, about Bacon, Freud, 'the school of London Painters', and his book, 'Modernists and Mavericks'.
Leading Leonardo scholar Professor Martin Kemp reflects on five decades of Da Vinci expertise, and shines a light into the art world’s darkest corners.
Edgar Degas’s interest in the day-to-day activities of ordinary people changed painting forever, while his commitment to drawing was no less radical.
Drawn from the British Museum's rich collection, 'Places of the Mind' is the first exhibition devoted to British landscape drawings and watercolours. Here we celebrate 60 works that have never before been either exhibited or published.