A rollocking historical novel set in Renaissance Venice: an artist sets his heart on a miraculous new pigment, only to find himself caught up in conspiracies, a love affair, violence, obsess... read more
Looks at the ways in which artists have perceived, illustrated and used light since the C18th – Turner, Monet, James Turrell, Olafur Elliasson, Tacita Dean, etc.
The range of Blackburn's books testifies to her profound curiosity about the world. This account of her journey (imaginative as well as physical) among the little-known South African people ... read more