I just got back from Japan a few days ago with my wife, daughter and granddaughter to have our first experience of autumn. While there, I didn’t buy anything for myself. Instead I brought home five ...
In the early 16th century, three of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance circled each other in Florence, vying for influence and looking for inspiration. Now, an exhibition—titled ...
I’m not an economist, just a columnist. My guess is you’re neither — nor are you Henry Potter, Ebenezer Scrooge, or the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. That means you have, like me, a holiday gift list.
Colour, the painter Patrick Heron once proclaimed, is a continent that artists have yet to explore. The mammoth two-volume The Book of Colour Concepts (Taschen, £150) catalogues numerous attempts ...
“Scarcity drives value. Fine art by the historical Masters continues to appreciate in value because it cannot be diluted. For example, Michelangelo is not sculpting any more ‘David’s’ or ‘Pietas’ and ...