Edward Thomas’s “October”

During the First World War, the American poet Robert Frost persuaded the young British writer Edward Thomas to take up poetry.

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All grist to the mill for Rembrandt

Known for his portraits, Rembrandt also painted landscapes.

Bravissimo Leonardo!

In 2019, the art world will be falling over itself to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci.

Macbeth and Gautier’s weird witch

In the digital age, it is rare to come across a little known artist.

Rags and riches in New York

New York’s Frick and Tenement museums symbolize the city.

Trump & Co. down the pan

New York’s Guggenheim Museum refused a White House request to borrow Van Gogh’s painting “Landscape With Snow”.

A glimpse of Vermeer

Vermeer painted “Woman with a Water Jug” in 1663. It now hangs in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.