Scent and the art of the pre-raphaelites

Works by certain artists often become symbolic of a particular era. This is an angle which has proved very popular with visitors to London’s National Gallery in recent years and, this month, welcomes

The smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd, the flare of the floodlights – what enchantments they conjure! If you’d visited a regional playhouse over two centuries ago, though, a very differe

King Henry VIII and the Barber Surgeons

From rustic barns to Riviera villas, Pablo Picasso’s studios were engines of invention. Picasso: From the Studio at the National Gallery of Ireland, in partnership with Musée national Picasso-Paris, t

Placed in the garden, a sculpture invites us to pause and appreciate both its beauty and that of the backdrop around it

Pierre d’Alancaisez on Art COURTESY OF CHENG-LAN ART ...