The Easel

Although the Bayeaux Tapestry can be viewed in France quite easily, its year-long visit to London is still a big deal.

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has taken 17 years to complete and required “fuck you” amounts of money.

Up to about 1500CE, European artists imagined mythical creatures that combine features of animals and humans.

To modern eyes, Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights is “bizarre”.

An American art history tale.

Calle anticipated social media by decades.

After a traumatic childhood, Kusama found that art helped with her mental health issues.

After training in California and a brief foray into ceramics, Heilmann moved to New York intent on “making it big” in sculpture.

We mostly associate the Tudor dynasty with its superstars, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.

Tokyo’s department stores are grand institutions, monuments to “beauty and abundance”.