A New Pevsner Guide: Charles O’Brien reveals Hampshire South
The new Pevsner guide Hampshire: South completes the two volume revision of the county and covers the whole of…
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Architecture
In Pevsner’s Footsteps – reflections on a London square
As we look forward to the second Bedford Square Festival, Simon Bradley, joint series editor of Yale’s Pevsner…
Celebrating a new Pevsner guide: Ruth Harman asks, West Riding South – Where Are The Women?
An eagerly anticipated and newly updated Pevsner county guide to Yorkshire West Riding is published this autumn, written…
Fashion
Gluck: Art and Identity by Amy de la Haye and Martin Pel – An Extract
Gluck: Art and Identity An extract about Gluck’s life Hannah Gluckstein (who called herself Gluck; 1895–1976) is one…
Gluck: Art and Identity
A notable highlight of the autumn-winter 2017 exhibition calendar is Gluck: Art and Identity at Brighton Museum and…
Eleri Lynn Lifts the Lid on Tudor Fashion
We spoke to Eleri Lynn, fashion historian and curator responsible for the dress collection at Historic Royal Palaces,…
Photography
Lynda Nead explores post-war Britain, 1950s culture & The Tiger in the Smoke
To coincide with the launch of The Tiger in the Smoke by Lynda Nead – her third publication for…
Eclectic and Inclusive: Inside the Association of Art Historians Conference 2017
This year the Association of Art Historians Annual Conference will focus on inclusivity and diversity in the field…
Real and Magical – ‘diane arbus: in the beginning’ with Jeff L. Rosenheim & Karan Rinaldo
Diane Arbus (1923–1971) is one of the most distinctive and provocative artists of the 20th century. Her photographs…
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Bookshop of the Month – Tate Modern Terrace Shop, London
February’s Bookshop of the Month takes us to the banks of the River Thames and into one of…
Nicholas Hilliard, the 1577 Self-Portrait – creating a gentleman-artist
Nicholas Hilliard (b. c.1547) – portrait painter to Elizabeth I, James I, and their courts – was buried…
Our year in books: Highlights from 2018
‘Tis the season to be cosy! Winter has arrived and what could be better than curling up with…