Grand Palais

Satirical diptych, 1520–1530, anonymous Flemish artist

Surreal, strange and scatological

14 May 2016 9:00 am

Why do we put one work of art beside another? For the most part museums and galleries tend to stick…

Marble portrait of Augustus, c.40 BC

In praise of the Emperor

15 February 2014 9:00 am

Roderick Conway Morris on the influence and legacy of Augustus

‘Guitare et verre’, 1917, by Georges Braque

Flight of the imagination

26 October 2013 9:00 am

Towards the end of his life, Georges Braque described his vision in the following terms: ‘No object can be tied…