My Favourite Painting: Martin St Quinton
The chairman of Cheltenham Racecourse picks a classic image from the equestrian world.
The chairman of Cheltenham Racecourse picks a classic image from the equestrian world.
Alistair Smith, editor of The Stage, picks a dark and unsettling Goya that hangs in the Prado — yet was never intended to be put on display.
The composer and conductor picks Three Musicians by Pablo Picasso.
Nicholas Lyons, Lord Mayor of London, chooses a dramatic and expressive post-war image.
The explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison chooses a charmingly traditional portrait that resonates with a long-gone age — yet behind which lurks a troubled soul.
The gardener and artist Kate Corbett-Winder chooses an Ivon Hitchins painting of nature.
The director of art at The Arts Club in London chooses a picture from The Arts Club in London.
The Duke of Buccleuch's art collection includes works by Thomas Gainsborough and other household names, but he chooses a piece from a more obscure painter.
Fiona Reynolds takes a stroll through a landscape which leaves her 'inspired anew'.
Author and film-maker Tahir Shah chooses a military portrait.
Philip Hooper of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler chooses a beguiling portrait.
Ralph Percy, Duke of Northumberland, chooses 'Portrait of the artist with Nicholas Lanier and Sir Charles Cotterell', bought by one of his forbears for just £44.
Huon Mallalieu takes a look at the extraordinary paintings collected by Paul Allen over a lifetime of considered art appreciation.
How does art endure? The painter John Louis Petit had no need to sell, did not exhibit his work professionally and most of it was forgotten until the death of his grandniece.
Nick Ashley chooses Samantha by Alex Katz, an artist who made his name in New York's art scene of the 1980s.
The artist and actress Jemma Powell on a Spanish family portrait.
Steven Desmond visits the Lucian Freud exhibition at the Garden Museum, bringing a horticulturalist's eye to works by one of Britain's great 20th century artists.
Opera director Oliver Mears chooses a classic anti-war painting.
John Fowler, the iconic decorator who moved the needle of British interior design as a co-founder of Colefax & Fowler, chose exquisite pieces for his own home — and dozens of them are now up for sale.