Ben Street is a writer, educator and art historian based in London. www.benstreet.co.uk
For painters from Jan van Eyck to Philip Guston, the act of signing a finished work is much more than a simple assertion of authorship
Modern masters from Joseph Cornell to Paul Klee have produced works expressly for children, writes Ben Street – but perhaps all great art is a type of child’s play?
We’re all building miniature museums at home, and postcards of paintings have taken on a life of their own
Exam board AQA is to scrap art history A-level. It’s a crazy decision to take just as public perception of the subject is changing
Can museum education programmes have a more radical purpose?
Have we forgotten how to look properly at art?
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
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The history of artists’ signatures is a secret history of art
For painters from Jan van Eyck to Philip Guston, the act of signing a finished work is much more than a simple assertion of authorship