This is an early and important work in Delvaux's dream-landscape style. There is a deliberate conflict between the eroticism of the nudes and the uninviting setting into which they have been cast.

To celebrate the opening of Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–1990 at Modern Two, we were joined for an ‘in conversation’ event with the exhibition’s curator Linsey Young (Tate) and ...

Curator and author Alina Khakoo (Cambridge University) chairs a discussion with featured Women in Revolt! artists Nina Edge and Pratibha Parmar. The title of this talk representing South Asian Women ...

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Reynolds was particularly skilled at choosing poses and actions which suggested a sitter's character and which also created a strong composition. Here, three sisters, the daughters of the 2nd Earl ...

These remarkable panels formed part of what must have been the most important altarpiece commissioned for Scotland. Incredibly, they survived the Reformation when so many religious images were ...

Seurat's use of short, unblended, strongly coloured brushstrokes has created a vivid and vibrant work. Distant farm buildings and houses are seen across a field of alfalfa (luzerne), punctuated ...

The American photographer Lee Miller first met Pablo Picasso in June 1937, a couple of months before this portrait was painted during a stay in the south of France. Miller is shown dressed in the ...

James was first painted by Trevisani in 1719 shortly before he left for Spain to prepare for the abortive invasion of England. The portrait was intended as a gift for his bride-to-be, Princess Maria ...

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Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture collections, David Laing Bequest (on loan to the Scottish National Gallery) ...