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The libel case about ‘throwing a pot of paint in the public’s face’
Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro spent time in London, but it took James McNeill Whistler to act as artistic bridge with Britain and the ‘sweetened’ Impressionism of Jules Bastien-Lepage to inspire most homegrown painters, says Caroline Bugler
“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...
Colour provides an avenue into ‘worlds’, or spheres-of-being, other than that recognised by everyday perception”.1 So said the artist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun, summarising the colour-theory of t
From topless staddle stones outperforming complete ones to two versions of the same desk selling on the same day 212 miles apart, bizarre occurrences are par for the course at contents sales
Armigers from the Tudor and Stuart era had their moment last month, with a seal ring linked to Royal Exchange founder Sir Thomas Gresham and a ruffler once owned by philanthropist Sir Edwin Rich causing a stir at auction
What makes a novel of ideas?
