Peter Davidson is a senior research fellow in Renaissance and Baroque Studies and fellow curator at Campion Hall at the University of Oxford. His book ‘Relics, Dreams, Voyages: World Baroque’ will be published in July 2024 by Manchester University Press

Reviews

The Flemish Masters whose striking sketches still draw the eye

An exhibition at the Ashmolean suggests that for Rubens and his peers, graphite, ink and chalk were not simply preparatory tools but a means of reinventing matter

26 Mar 2024

Most popular

  • Recent

Podcast

Masterpiece [Re]discovery 2022. Photo: Ben Fisher Photography, courtesy of Masterpiece London

The Masterpiece podcast: episode three

This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites

Art news daily

Frank Auerbach has died at the age of 93

Sotheby’s announces first auction in Saudi Arabia – and completes Breuer Building deal

Tens of thousands flee Baalbek after Israel issues evacuation order including World Heritage site

Latest Comment

Are the art market’s problems being blown out of proportion?

How to paint with real freedom

Is the Stirling Prize suffering from a case of tunnel vision?