Christmas Corner at the Fitz
In the Fitzwilliam Museum, there is a glorious corner where three Renaissance paintings of the Adoration of the Shepherds huddle together. Philip Stephenson tells their story.
Paintings for our times: Brueghel's Village Festival
Lamenting the loss of the Cambridge Beer Festival, Philip Stephenson draws inspiration from Brueghel’s festival-goers, in his latest commentary on the Fitzwilliam Museum’s collection
Paintings for our times: Nicholson’s Armistice Night, 1918
Philip Stephenson’s series of commentaries on art from the Fitzwilliam Museum continues with a reflection on VE Day 1945 and its resonances with the Armistice, as depicted by Sir William Nicholson RA in 1918.
A tropical lockdown miscellany
Richard Hickman, academic and artist, is stuck in Singapore. Locked down and bored, he writes on his surroundings, and illustrates his thoughts with his own paintings, new and old
Paintings for our times: The Annunciation, Domenico Veneziano, 1447
Philip Stephenson considers ‘spiritual distancing’ in the Annunciation by Veneziano
Paintings for our times: Seurat’s Île de la Grande Jatte
Philip Stephenson considers echoes of characters across two paintings by Georges Seurat