
Switzerland sans Alps
In which Alice Payne finds out whether Geneva can shake off its Alpine shadow and…
In which Alice Payne finds out whether Geneva can shake off its Alpine shadow and…
Among the popular spots along Brazil’s coastline, Alice Payne seeks out somewhere beyond the crowds,…
Nero’s reputation as a murderous, matricidal despot has prevailed for almost 2,000 years. But was…
In this turbulent year, nature has provided both a place of respite and a lifeline…
Picasso is quoted as saying that art washes away from the soul the dust of…
Gordon Parks’s photographs are large and colourful, capturing the pastel-hued dresses, the bright red cars…
It’s an impressive feat to bring together 50 of Van Gogh’s works from private and…
‘The very singular Vallotton’, as his editor called him, is surprisingly unknown in the UK,…
If you’re not familiar with Sir Don McCullin’s name, as the UK’s leading war photographer…
With Tate Modern’s universally-acclaimed retrospective on Bonnard entering its closing weeks, Alice Payne tells the story of the…
In October 1943, seven and a half thousand Jews fled to Sweden from Nazi-occupied Denmark,…
Walking through the National Gallery’s superb exhibition Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne, it’s hard…