My Favourite Painting: Sir Mark Prescott
Racehorse trainer Sir Mark Prescott chooses a haunting portrait.
Racehorse trainer Sir Mark Prescott chooses a haunting portrait.
A pre-lockdown trip to ‘Degas to Picasso: International Modern Masters’ at the Pallant House Gallery leaves you feeling that British Modernism isn’t easy to pigeonhole — not now, and not a century ago. That's the feeling of Charles Darwent after viewing a show that epitomises an international movement.
Lord Hall chooses a masterpiece by Della Francesca.
The world of the arts has been heavily hit by the virus this year, but there were still some great highlights. We look back on the ones which proved most popular.
The lawyer-turned-Carmelite nun chooses Bathsheba at her Bath by Rembrandt.
Matthew Dennison takes a look at the life and times of Henry Paget, aka the 'Dancing Marquess', whose legendary shopping sprees saw him blow a vast fortune.
'An alluring lightness of touch overlaid with skill and artistry.'
Flamboyant and colourful, the best examples of cloisonné render flowers, fruits and dragons in a rainbow of multi-hued enamel on metal, enthuses Matthew Dennison.
James Fox chooses his favourite painting for Country Life.
A chance glimpse of purple and gold in a crowded cabinet led to an extraordinary discovery by Geoffrey Munn: a lost cache of of pieces by the Russian Imperial jeweller, Carl Fabergé. That was just the start of a mystery, as he explains.
Sheherazade Goldsmith chooses an unusual abstract photograph that challenges what we mean by art.
Self-taught mariner Alfred Wallis’s sea paintings enjoyed popularity with Modernists, but did their efforts drown his own voice? As an exhibition opens at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge, Ruth Guilding takes a closer look.
The poet chooses a wintry Pissarro that captures the season perfectly.
From beautiful books and artistic accessories to a weekend away in one of the country's most famous castles, these gifts from our carefully-selected partners offer options for everyone — no matter how tricky to buy for.
The head of the Royal Astronomical Society chooses Vincent van Gogh's classic image,The Starry Night.
Children's author Cressida Cowell picks one of the great depictions of St George's defining moment.
The British Museum's ‘Arctic: Culture and Climate’ exhibition prompts Clive Aslet to discover how the indigenous life and culture of the northern polar region have been shaped by Earth’s most extreme and dramatically changing climate.
William Agnew chooses his favourite painting for Country Life.
Mary Miers revisits the work of a group of rebellious young artists who challenged the artistic establishment and became an international sensation — and who are now the subject of a new exhibition. Pictures courtesy of the Fleming Collection.