Mary Beard
Mary Beard calls for National Trust to ‘loosen up’ in its handling of heritage
The historian, giving a lecture at London's Royal Society, argued that by taking a freer approach to its buildings and collections, the conservation charity could fend off populist critics
Female forward: National Portrait Gallery announces women-led partnership with Magnum Photos
Seven portraits of British women by female Magnum photographers will enter the permanent collection of London's newly reopened gallery as it attempts to balance a historic gender disparity
It’s a wrap: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s final fabric project unveiled in Paris
Plus, Art Basel: are the buyers back? And Mary Beard on images of power
Classicist Mary Beard on the infamous Roman emperor Nero
Plus, London Gallery Weekend and Nina Katchadourian on her adopted grandmother's embroidery
Mary Beard wades into restitution debate in her first blog post as a new British Museum trustee
"Museums have always been controversial. Who should be allowed in? And on what terms?" asks the celebrated classicist
'A democratic vote swayed by lies is not democracy'—Mary Beard on what antiquity can teach us about political spin
The recipient of the 2019 J. Paul Getty Medal discusses how understanding Cicero can help decipher the rise of populism
Civilisations: how the BBC's new series takes on Kenneth Clark's legacy
Documentary breaks with many of the assumptions in the art historian’s seminal series, but it also owes a great deal to it
Recent publications by Richard T. Neer, Barbara Barletta and Mary Beard delve into Classical antiquity
The Art Newspaper reviews contemporary scholarship on vase-painting, architectural orders and The Parthenon