Emily Cox is a PhD candidate in history of art at Yale University.

Were the Impressionists really so shocking?

It suits us to think of the movement as unpopular, but the passing of time makes it harder to see why the first Impressionist Exhibition of 1874 made such a stir

17 Oct 2024

Olivia Laing’s guide to radical growth

Gardens aren’t just lovesome things. In the writer’s gently rambling book on the subject, they are seedbeds of rebellion too

12 Jul 2024

The making of the Monet myth

Jackie Wullschläger’s biography invites us to take another look at a painter whose canvases make a direct appeal to the eye

18 Mar 2024