Organised by the Hong Kong Palace Museum and the National Gallery in London, “Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London” is the first presentation of the National Gallery’s renowned painting collection in Hong Kong. The exhibition features 52 masterpieces created by 50 influential artists spanning more than […]
Day: January 5, 2024
This Raphael masterpiece isn’t quite what it seems
A 500-year-old Raphael painting is partially the work of another artist, according to a new study. A team led by scientists from England’s University of Bradford used artificial intelligence to determine that the face of Joseph in the “Madonna della Rosa” (“Madonna of the Rose”) was painted by someone other […]
Tom Hume obituary
Tom Hume, who has died of a cardiac arrest at age 81, was an inspirational head of art at Middlesbrough High School from 1971 until 1990, the happiest years of his teaching career. Past pupils, of whom I was one, talk of the unconventional atmosphere he created in the art […]