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
Job cuts and planned repurposing of country houses will lead to a corporatisation of the nation's heritage sites
History can teach us a lot about how to—and how not to—deal with problematic historic monuments
Social distancing measures mean a lot of money will be spent on a small number of visitors, institutions should be focusing on their online presence instead
Publishers and libraries are extending their online access to help art historians put their period of enforced seclusion to good use
After the coronavirus pandemic, we will need our museums' masterpieces as never before
Discussion around Yale's decision to pull its introductory survey course reveals unnerving trend for "morally appropriate" studies
Research for a new book begins with a pilgrimage to find prehistoric rock art in northern England
The stigma around state museums selling works means that other institutions dare not buy them; and a frank review of the National Gallery's Leonardo exhibition
The London museum will close between 2020 and 2023, but the announcement was buried in the fourth paragraph of a press release
When it comes to having a historian rummaging in their stores, smaller institutions tend to be more enthusiastic and accommodating
If Scottish independence follows Brexit, what will happen to the national collection?
Court documents reveal that the museum took little action to rectify the education team's employment status
What better way to boost its star power than by making it "disappear" for a few months?
New exhibition on Joan Carlile, Mary Beale and Anne Killigrew opens in London this week
The Art Fund is doing away with its volunteers
A version of the Mona Lisa by a follower of Leonardo da Vinci recently sold at Sotheby's for $1.69m
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
