A Corner of the Artist’s Room in Paris (with Open Window), Gwen John. National Museum & Gallery of Wales, Cardiff. “I am not myself except in my room,” wrote Gwen John to her erstwhile lover, Rodin, and her room has its own personality. The soft sunshine, the wicker chair, the open book, the window opening [...]

Paris Bordon (Italian, Treviso, 1500-Venice, 1571), Venus, Mars, and Cupid Crowned by Victory. Ca. 1550. Oil on canvas. 44 x 63 3/4 in. Key moments in the lives of Italian men and women in the Renaissance were marked by celebrations carried out with the greatest possible degree of magnificence. Of these, betrothal, marriage, and the [...]

A landmark exhibition at the National Gallery explores the dramatic rise of portraiture in the Renaissance, through the great Masters of Northern and Southern Europe. ‘Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian’ features masterpieces by, among others: Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Van Eyck, Holbein, Dürer, Lotto, Pontormo and Bellini. The exhibition provides a rare opportunity to explore [...]

The National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) and the National Gallery in London (NGL) are working together with the Duke of Sutherland to secure the long-term future of the Bridgewater loan of Old Master paintings. The Bridgewater Collection, currently on view at the NGS, is the most important private collection of Old Master paintings on loan [...]