Kathy Rigdon
My pottery is found in Homes and Businesses all over the world. I do mainly decorative pottery, Raku firing and Horse Hair. I love to take a ball of clay…
The Late Works
Having already suffered the early loss of his wife and three of their children, Rembrandt’s later years were burdened with bankruptcy, acrimonious legal proceedings with a former lover, and the…
Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnPjGxPuxeM While the subject-matter may be ordinary – the preparation of food, eating and drinking, the enjoyment of music or a family game – the painting is rich and jewel-like, with equal attention paid…
Europe 1600-185, seven new galleries
In Europe 1600-1815 over 1100 objects from the V&A’s collections of 17th- and 18th-century European art and design are displayed in a suite of seven galleries. The collection comprises some…
Mona Lisa discovery
Leonardo's famous portrait has long been thought to be of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant. It is thought the Renaissance master painted it between 1503 and…