Pocket Perspectives

Griselda Pollock, feminist art historian and longstanding advocate of gender and racial inclusivity, unpacks the racist, sexist and imperialist underp

Renowned art historian and pioneering feminist Linda Nochlin explores how, from the late 18th century, fragmented, mutilated and fetishized representa

An interpretation of the history of mural painting from ancient Egypt to the twentieth century by one of most eminent art historians of all time, who

Excerpts from art critic, historian, lecturer and broadcaster James Hall’s lively and comprehensive cultural history of self-portraiture, including

Britain’s most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art recounts what the Parthenon and its sculptures meant to the citizens of 5th-century BCE

Respected painter and writer Julian Bell offers original insights into the art, practice and ongoing importance of painting. Surprising, questionin