Does Art Need Explaining?

If art has no fixed meaning, then the audience can sometimes lost

How Art Inspires

Five great paintings and why they changed my life

Should Museums Return Artifacts To Their Original Countries?

The repatriation of ancient objects is…

Great Paintings: Claude Lorrain’s Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba

Great Artworks: Saint Francis in Meditation by Francisco de Zurburán

A gripping image that describes…

Can Science Teach Us Right and Wrong?

Science improves well-being, but can it also instruct us how to…

How to Read Art: St Jerome in a Rocky Landscape by Joachim Patenier

An early landscape painting that…

How Digital Changes the Nature of Original Art

The strange relationship between museum objects and the…

Art and Surveillance

Artistic stories of data capture and evasion, and the struggle between hiding and…

Making Sure Life Gets Better With Age

As middle-age beckons, how do we stay vital and interesting?