A fortnightly editorial series which takes a detailed look at the stories and history surrounding a highlighted artwork and its artist. This long-form series offers an opportunity to learn more about our collection and the hidden narratives woven through twentieth-century British art.
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InSight No. 147
Augustus John | Portrait of Percy Wyndham Lewis April 26, 2024 To coincide with the opening of Piano Nobile’s new exhibition Augustus John & the First Crisis of Brilliance, InSight considers the many personally and technically significant portrait drawings that John... -
InSight No. 146
David Bomberg | Bomb Store April 12, 2024 Having been an official war artist in the First World War, David Bomberg felt himself well equipped to serve when another general war broke out in 1939. His efforts proved... -
InSight No. 145
Cyril Mann March 15, 2024 As a new stage adaptation of Cyril Mann’s life opens at The Playground Theatre this week, InSight tells the story of his love affair with a woman twenty-eight years his... -
InSight No. 144
Frank Auerbach | Head of Julia - Profile II March 1, 2024 In the art of Frank Auerbach, reassuring continuities—of studios, sitters, idiom—are pitched against the desperate struggle to do it differently each time. InSight No. 144 Frank Auerbach, Head of Julia... -
InSight No. 143
Henry Moore | Ideas for Sculpture: Reclining Figures February 16, 2024 Like Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo before him, Henry Moore was a doodler. He liked to doodle and he doodled with the best of them. InSight No. 143 Henry Moore, Ideas... -
InSight No. 142
Jean Cooke | The Wild Plum Tree February 2, 2024 Like so many busy or preoccupied people, the painter Jean Cooke had a messy garden. She turned it to her advantage in original jungle-like paintings. InSight No. 142 Jean... -
InSight No. 141
Duncan Grant | Still Life January 12, 2024 Duncan Grant’s early still-life pictures contributed to a new universe of creativity that skilfully brought together easel painting, decorative objects and interior design. InSight No. 141 Duncan Grant | Still... -
InSight No. 140
Barbara Hepworth | Preparation December 21, 2023 InSight considers a poignant work of angelic humanist art by a titan of the modernist movement in Britain—Barbara Hepworth. InSight No. 140 Barbara Hepworth | Preparation, 1949 Between 1947 and... -
InSight No. 139
Frank Auerbach | Head of Laurie Owen I December 8, 2023 Regarding only the appearance and physical presence of his sitters, Frank Auerbach makes pictures of the human head that defy categorisation as portraiture. InSight No. 139 Frank Auerbach | Head...
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