Fascinating study on the convergence of the technical and the transcendent - a heightened "atmospheric pressure" was the restorers' lofty aim. The Chapel contains fourteen enormous Rothko pa... read more
Reissue of a handsome 2017 book drawing on the collection at the BM - in hardback for the first time. Covers the period 1850-1950: Burne-Jones, Rossetti, the Nash brothers, Henry Moore et ... read more
An unusual presentation of Monet's paintings alongside works painted at the same time, on adjacent easels, by friends such as Manet, Bazille and Renoir.
Portraits of ER from 1926 to the present, drawn from the huge collection at the National Portrait Gallery - Cecil Beaton, Annie Leibowitz, David Lichfield, Andy Warhol and many others.
From the author of the biography of Shchukin comes the story of another extraordinary pre-Revolutionary Russian collector of European art. He spent 1.5 million francs on 486 paintings, which... read more