The Venice Accademia
The Accademia is one of the smallest of the world’s great art galleries, and picture for picture perhaps the most…
Wood work
The New York-based sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard comes from a long line of Polish and Ukrainian peasant farmers. She was…
The inspirational and the sublime
‘I recollect nothing so much as a solemn — bright — warm — fresh landscape by Wilson, which swims in…
The art of celebrity
‘The Picture of the Prime Minister hangs above the Chimney of his own Closet, but I have seen that of…
Back to basics
Roderick Conway Morris is edified and entertained by the Venice Architectural Biennale
Senses working overtime
In 1914 Fernand Léger gave a lecture about modern art. By then recognised as a leading Cubist artist, he had…
In praise of the Emperor
Roderick Conway Morris on the influence and legacy of Augustus
Making a splash
Turner’s contemporaries regarded him primarily as a marine painter. This perception extended to his persona, with many who met him…
Manet in Italy
Roderick Conway Morris on the French master’s love affair with the art and artists of the Renaissance
