I am an art historian with books published on artists, and art movements, dating from 2007 to present day. The latest book is on Hans Holbein the Younger, Lorenz Books-Anness Publishing, 2022. As a freelancer I write features on art too.
http://annesspublishing.com/mint_pageturn/excite/preview/136483961
The next book is on the life and work of German artist Albrecht Dürer (Lorenz Books-Anness Publishing).
In addition I write features and articles for newspapers and magazines, both online and in print.
Latest articles published to July 2024
An Interraction with Marc Quinn at Kew Gardens
Published online in The Arbuturian 17 July 2024, an illustrated feature on the stunning exhibition of Marc Quinn’s sculptures and art at Kew Gardens, south west London.
Read it here: https://www.arbuturian.com/culture/art/marc-quinn-at-kew-gardens
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The New European: Eurofile ‘Stealing Michelangelo’, issue 391, 6-12 June, 2024, pp.31-35.
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/stealing-michelangelo/
The feature relates to the current exhibution ‘Michelangelo: The Final Decades’, at the British Museum, London
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Yinka Shonibare exhibition feature in The Arbuturian, published online 4 June 2024.
Read it here: Yinka Shonibare CBE: Suspended States | The Arbuturian
May 2024
Published online A Spring Bloom at Strawberry Hill House | The Arbuturian
https://www.arbuturian.com/culture/art/strawberry-hill-house-van-huysum
19 May 2024 At Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, London, an exquisite exhibition has just opened (until 8 September 2024) displaying a pair of paintings by Dutch painter Jan van Huysum. They have to be seen.
’The Painter and the Performer’, a six-page feature in Artists & Illustrators, July issue, pp48-52.
https://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk/news/artists-illustrators-magazine-latest-issue/
In January 1879, the French artist Edgar Degas visited Cirque Fernando in Paris, over several nights. He made sketches of the circus ring, the clowns, the animals but his focus was on Miss La La, an acrobat with an ‘iron-jaw’ who could hold an exploding cannon between her teeth. Read Artists & Illustrators feature to find out what happened next. Degas’ painting ‘Miss La La at Cirque Fernando’,1879 National Gallery, London is the subject of an exhibition at the gallery, ‘Discover Degas & Miss La La’ (6 June-1 September, 2024)
See my website for further features http://www.rosalindormiston.com