An Allegory of Man 1596

The painting warns the viewer of the soul’s vulnerability to the vanities of the world. It strikes me as a … More

William West, 1st Lord Delawarr

The somewhat brutal face and the arrogant pose of William West, 1st Lord Delawarr, reassures us that human nature has … More

You may be forgiven for mistaking the image above for photo montage. But it is not: it is the London Mustaba project.

I have sometimes wondered whether art has any importance, and if so, what?

John Singer Sargent ranks high in my list of favourite painters.

Art prices at ‘obscene’ levels as Chinese join high-spending elite says Richard Partington, the Guardian’s economics correspondent.

Rembrandt – Belshazzar’s feast: the literature, art and music of religion still hold a vast sway over the imagination of many of us.

Jan van Eyck painted what has become known as the Arnolfini Portrait in 1434.

A rich and engaging portal into the mind of an age emerging into the modern world.