To work with oil paint on copper was typical for Rembrandt and early Dutch flower painters, but not for a C20th painter. Freud produced just over a dozen such works in the 50s and this volum... read more
Exquisite paintings of birds' nests - she is careful in her obsession never to disturb the inhabitants, depicting only those from which the birds have flown or have been displaced by wind an... read more
The 'secret' refers to how obscure she was until very recently. Published alongside a new show at her eponymous foundation in Sweden, this rides in the wake of the Guggenheim's 2019 exhibiti... read more
A new edition of the extraordinary pictures taken during 'The Artist Is Present', where Abramovic invited MoMA visitors to sit opposite her in silence for 30 charged seconds. She summoned te... read more
Despite often possessing cameras, grand tourists persisted in using watercolours. This fascinating, wide-ranging illustrated book explores attitudes towards the picturesque, Empire, the Orie... read more