art collecting

Douglas Cooper – a complex character with a passion for Cubism

31 May 2025 9:00 am

Prone to paranoia and tantrums, the critic and collector made many enemies, but his firsthand knowledge of Léger, Picasso and Braque also won the admiration of art historians

Jim Ede and the glories of Kettle’s Yard

13 May 2023 9:00 am

Honor Clerk celebrates Jim Ede and his matchless collection at Kettle’s Yard

The robber baron who 'bought judges as other men buy food’

2 August 2014 9:00 am

The robber barons of the gilded age, at the turn of the 20th century, were the most ruthless accumulators of…