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Bangladeshi artist Rana Begum chooses Hand Inside by Ellie MacGarry.
Bangladeshi artist Rana Begum chooses Hand Inside by Ellie MacGarry.
Best known as the creative force behind Dicky and Daffy, it was her son’s death that prompted Annie Tempest to learn ‘the grammar of the sculptor’s language’, discovers Ian Collins.
Dr Frances Sands, curator of drawings and books at Sir John Soane’s Museum, chooses an extraordinary work from her own institution's archive.
Mary Miers considers how the country that fascinated Turner from youth shaped his artistic vision.
The author Paula Sutton chooses 'Portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle' by David Martin.
Orlando Rock, chairman of Christie's, chooses The Adoration of the Magi by Jacopo Bassano.
Renowned British photographer David Yarrow has spent decades capturing some of the planet’s most endangered species in their natural habitats.
Dr Kate Pretty, founder of the Young Archaeologists' Club and former principal of Homerton College, Cambridge, chooses Gulf Women Prepare for War by Maggi Hambling.
Dr Jean Wilson, a specialist in the iconography and emotional history of English Renaissance funerary monuments, chooses Sir John Finch and Sir Thomas Baines by Carlo Doci.
Short and slight, monocle-wearing James McNeill Whistler was a dashing, combative character who sought parallels between music and painting, says Caroline Bugler.
New York based artist Tug Rice chooses St George and the Dragon by Leonhard Beck.
Known as ‘the boy’ and only 39 when he died on active service in the Second World War, Eric Ravilious had already accomplished so much, thanks to his fastidious eye for mundane detail, says Peyton Skipwith.
The author and paint company founder loves this Cubism-inspired still life for its colour and contradiction.
Beatix Potter's unforgettable children's stories have left an indelible mark on the cultural life of Britain. Here, her biographer Matthew Dennison looks at her life, work and legacy, and examines the V&A's new exhibition about her life: 'Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature’.
Interior designer Martin Brudnizki chooses Waking Up in Naples by Howard Hodgkin.
A bronze ‘sky disc’, thought to be the world’s oldest map of the cosmos, is the star attraction of the British Museum's 'The World of Stonehenge' exhibition. Vicky Liddell takes a look.
The director of London's Timothy Taylor Gallery enthuses about the connection between Heaven and Earth depicted in this gigantic, colourful work.
Huon Mallalieu reports back on the sale of The Hamilton Aphrodite, and a number of other striking pieces which obliterated their estimates.
Tailor Richard Anderson picks an image of a smartly-dressed gentleman.