Artist Spotlight: Boissegur

Don’t let the bright, cheerful colours fool you… French artist Boissegur’s paintings are shrouded...

Art Scandals: Our Top Five

The art world is full of scandal and, as the 50th anniversary of the attempted murder of Andy...

The Psychology of Performing Arts

Shakespeare, Marlowe, Racine, Moliere, Chekhov… famous playwrights whose plays are still...

Masterpieces of Architecture: Kaldor

Paintings of masterpieces of architecture from around the world Trained as an architect in his...

Et tu, Brute?

Feeling stabbed in the back by politics? Villain or revolutionary, some of history’s most...

The Evolution of the Bicycle

According to some historians it is almost 200 years since the first documented bike ride by Karl...

130 Years of Kodak, and the Philip de László Archive: hidden moments from the 20s & 30s

This September is the 130th anniversary of the founding of the Eastman Kodak Company (referred to...

Ron Bone: Modern Master of Domestic Painting

Explore the exquisitely detailed artwork of a leading British painter and modern master of the...

The Art of War (1914-18)

Representing the ravaged landscapes and soldiers who would never return, we bring you images by...

Vanitas – symbols of death & decadence

Looking back at the ‘Memento Mori’ painting tradition, Vanitas is a macabre genre of symbolic...