After a period of relative quiet, the last few years have seen a flurry of exhibitions of Northern European drawings across Britain, with more expected in 2026. These exhibitions have showcased the [...] Read More
17th-Century Dutch Republic
The Monument’s End. Public Art and the Modern Republic
Monuments are surprisingly shaky. Usually built to last and designed to convey an unambiguous message, the monument’s capacity to provoke responses that range from boredom to hatred creates the [...] Read More
Turning Heads (Krasse Koppen): Rubens, Rembrandt and (en) Vermeer
As psychologists have long known, there is no visual experience more powerful than coming face-to-face with another human being. It is not surprising, then, that human physiognomy has occupied artists [...] Read More
Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art
Every historian of Dutch art knows of Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) but few know much about her. Flower painter, daughter of the famed anatomist Frederik Ruysch… and there it usually stops. There has not [...] Read More
Rembrandt-Hoogstraten: Colour and Illusion; Samuel van Hoogstraten: The Illusionist; The Life and Work of the Painter: Dirck van Hoogstraten (1596-1640).
These three publications, one monograph and two exhibition catalogues, complement one another, celebrating three artists of very distinct characters, abilities, ambitions and generations: Dirck van [...] Read More
Careers by Design: Hendrick Goltzius & Peter Paul Rubens
The life and career of Peter Paul Rubens were defined by his foreign travels, both artistic and diplomatic. In a near-constant to and fro across Europe, two seemingly essential journeys and exchanges [...] Read More