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Why Zurbarán's Still Lifes Are the Secret Heart of the National Gallery Exhibition

Why Zurbarán's Still Lifes Are the Secret Heart of the National Gallery Exhibition

An artist who could paint fifteen-metre altarpieces chose, every so often, to paint nothing more than a cup of water and a rose...

Why Zurbarán's Still Lifes Are the Secret Heart of the National Gallery Exhibition

An artist who could paint fifteen-metre altarpieces chose, every so often, to paint nothing more than a cup of water and a rose...

Whistler Painting

Whistler's London: The Painter Who Made the Thames His Subject

From his Chelsea windows, Whistler spent forty-four years painting the Thames. Ahead of Tate Britain's 2026 retrospective, a walk through his London.

Whistler's London: The Painter Who Made the Thames His Subject

From his Chelsea windows, Whistler spent forty-four years painting the Thames. Ahead of Tate Britain's 2026 retrospective, a walk through his London.

Marie Laurencin and the Cubists Who Forgot Her

Marie Laurencin and the Cubists Who Forgot Her

She exhibited alongside Picasso, Braque and Léger. Her painting appeared in the first book on Cubism. By the 1950s she'd been written out of the story. Why?

Marie Laurencin and the Cubists Who Forgot Her

She exhibited alongside Picasso, Braque and Léger. Her painting appeared in the first book on Cubism. By the 1950s she'd been written out of the story. Why?

How the Grosvenor School Made Modernity Visible

How the Grosvenor School Made Modernity Visible

How a small art school in Pimlico produced some of the most striking prints of the interwar period — and why Cyril Power's Underground linocuts remain their defining achievement.

How the Grosvenor School Made Modernity Visible

How a small art school in Pimlico produced some of the most striking prints of the interwar period — and why Cyril Power's Underground linocuts remain their defining achievement.

Joseph Stella: America's Forgotten Modernist

Joseph Stella: America's Forgotten Modernist

Joseph Stella painted Brooklyn Bridge as a cathedral. Not metaphorically — he meant it. The soaring Gothic arches of the cables, the jewel-toned light filtering through the steel latticework, the...

Joseph Stella: America's Forgotten Modernist

Joseph Stella painted Brooklyn Bridge as a cathedral. Not metaphorically — he meant it. The soaring Gothic arches of the cables, the jewel-toned light filtering through the steel latticework, the...

Paul Klee Red And White Domes Painting

Paul Klee’s Tunisian Epiphany: The Journey Behind ‘Red and White Domes’

Discover how Paul Klee’s 1914 Tunisian journey unlocked his vibrant colour language and inspired our ‘Red and White Domes’ exhibition poster.

Paul Klee’s Tunisian Epiphany: The Journey Behind ‘Red and White Domes’

Discover how Paul Klee’s 1914 Tunisian journey unlocked his vibrant colour language and inspired our ‘Red and White Domes’ exhibition poster.