A new exhibition in London brings together pieces from Damien Hirst's personal collection — including a shocking piece by William S. Burroughs, one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.
'In the foreground of the new version (currently at the Saatchi Gallery), our late father’s hat can be glimpsed above a deck chair–as it turned out, he was watching his last game of cricket.'
'One cannot sense whether he is far out on the ocean or closer to shore, or what he may be watching or feeling in that moment as he stares towards the beach.’
Caroline Bugler is enthralled by ‘Cut and Paste: 400 years of Collage’, an exhibition which celebrates collage from well-known Modern and contemporary artists and unknown or obscure makers alike.
Roger Weatherby — the CEO of his family firm, Weatherbys Banking Group — chooses an equestrian picture from his family's collection, painted by one of his ancestors.
The Tate's new William Blake exhibition looks at the artist's achievements — but also at his disastrous 1809 exhibition, the show which tried and failed to win him a great reputation as a painter. Andrew Loukes explains more.
The retiring banker Jacob, 4th Baron Rothschild, on continuing his family’s tradition of artistic innovation.
Huon Mallalieu welcomes the opportunity to see a significant body of wartime paintings alongside other works by Munnings in his former home.
'My parents bought it in one of the large, family-owned department stores (soon to be destroyed by terrorist bombs) and I remember us carrying it home on the bus.'
The architect Lachie Stewart chooses a Piero della Francesca masterpiece from the 15th century.
Treasured by the Victorians in remembrance of their lost loved ones, hair jewellery is beautiful, intricate and intriguing, as Charlotte Cory discovers in a visit to the British Museum.
Making your living off your garden is a dream for many of us — but it needn't be a dream, as Anna Tyzack found when she spoke to some people who are already doing it.
Modern digital technology is transforming our understanding of the context and meaning of historic works of art. Emma Crichton-Miller investigates.
We take a look at three of Britain's most successful sculpture parks.
The singer, songwriter and composer chooses Frank Bowling's haunting portrait of his son.
The 'finest work' by Rowland Emett, the man who designed the machines for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, goes on display at Bonhams until early September.
Jason Goodwin takes a lovely trip to the seaside and witnesses a view so spectacularly vivid that it reminds him of paintings by the Armenian-Russian painter Ivan Aivazovsky.
For the first time in a decade, John McEwen takes a look at a Favourite Painting of which neither he nor its owner knows the history.
