An appreciation of David's "Brutus"

Mark Ledbury, Professor of Art History at the University of Sydney, introduces  one of his favourite paintings, Jacques-Louis David's 'The Lictors Bringing to Brutus the Bodies of his Dead Sons'.  Published in The Conversation on 30th August. 

Fairy tales in paper

 Here is the latest evocative video from Youtube channel of Laetitia Mieral, paper artist and 18th-century stylist from St Etienne:  

18th-century pastels at the Getty

The J.Paul Getty Museums presents an exhibition of Eighteenth-Century Pastels.  At the Getty Center in Los Angeles from 30th August 2022 to 26th February 2023.

New Madame Tussaud biopic

Andy Serkis announces plans for a new series on the life and career of Madame Tussaud