Diary of an art historian
Diary of an art historian is a monthly blog by the British art historian, writer and broadcaster Bendor Grosvenor discussing the pressing issues facing the arts today
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Diary of an art historian is a monthly blog by the British art historian, writer and broadcaster Bendor Grosvenor discussing the pressing issues facing the arts today
Facts seem no longer to matter with the famous picture
The Queen has seven Rembrandts, 29 Van Dycks and 52 Canalettos, yet not one is on long-term display in Scotland
Turin has all the grandeur of Paris, but none of the haughtiness
London's National Gallery and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam are both documenting repairs of major works—plus a personal conservation confession
Once an expert authority on Van Dyck, the museum now has nothing more to say about him than a link to an unverified website
Rubens’s portrait of his daughter Clara Serena gave me the urge to steal a painting
Birmingham Museums Trust takes the lead and places images in the public domain, but who will follow?
The art world has yet to tackle issues around works like Picasso’s $115m child-prostitute portrait
A shoestring trip to La Serenissima—and a thumbs-up for Simon Schama
New research shows that image licensing is barely profitable for some UK museums
When I put an image of a well-known Titian on the screen, only one of 40 could identify the artist
Better public understanding of condition requires greater access to digital images
