Hats Off to George Romney
Summer is the season for hats. Weddings, garden parties and ‘ladies’ day’ at races like Ascot and Goodwood…
Art
The Birth of the People’s Galleries
Too often we take for granted the vast number of impressive museums and galleries to be found throughout…
Ever Yours, Van Gogh: 14/15 July 1889
Before his death in July 1890, Vincent van Gogh wrote numerous letters to his fellow artists, family members…
Haunted by Whistler: Dan Sutherland on his biography of an elusive genius
Daniel E. Sutherland’s biography of luminary American artist James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) is not only the first in…
Arts and Crafts Stained Glass: a short film
‘Windows should dream.’ – Christopher Whall Gloriously illustrated, and based on more than three decades of research, Arts…
Back to the Garden: Books For Summer 2015
Summer is fast approaching, and while we can keep our fingers crossed that June and July will be…
Alex Katz, This is Now – The Catalogue
‘Like the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, he is searching for the real forms that we usually see only…
Ever Yours, Van Gogh: 3 June 1890
Before his death in July 1890, Vincent van Gogh wrote numerous letters to his fellow artists, family members…
Art + Science: Michelle Foa on Georges Seurat
Today we are excited to introduce you to a new series on the YaleBooks Art blog: Art +…
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in the Motor City – Interview with Mark Rosenthal
From the late 1920s through the 1930s, Mexican artists Diego Rivera (1886-1957), and his wife Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), were…
Samuel Palmer: Shadows on the Wall
Nineteenth-century Britain produced some of the most notable and innovative landscape painters of all time and saw the…
The Letters of Bernard Berenson & Kenneth Clark, 28 August 1933
As the National Gallery London appoints new director Gabriele Finaldi, we look back at a fascinating correspondence between two art…
Chelsea Flower Show: A Natural History of English Gardening
The Chelsea Flower Show is one of the most famous horticultural events in the world and although no…
Sultans of Deccan India: Opulence and Fantasy
During the 16th and 17th centuries the courts of Deccan India were some of the most splendorous and widely admired…
Ever Yours, Van Gogh: 19 April 1888
Before his tragic death, Vincent van Gogh wrote numerous letters to his fellow artists, family members and friends….