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Getting Ready for a Game
Getting Ready for a Game
"It's really terrible outdoors. The wind is whistling through the joints of the house and the snow is not snow but sharp needles that get into the corners of one's eyes… Just the r...
The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty
Fan ,'The Sleeping Beauty,' painted with watercolours on silk and with ivory sticks, designed and made by Phoebe Anna Traquair, Edinburgh, 1888. Fan painted with watercolours on si...
Christina Jansen: Lockdown London
Christina Jansen: Lockdown London
In this viewing room, we take a closer look at Dutch-born photographer Christina Jansen's latest body of work, which captures the deserted streets of London in the period of lockdo...
Transmogrified Sequin Paintings | Frances Goodman
Transmogrified Sequin Paintings | Frances Goodman
The genesis of the new series of sequin paintings lies in the work I did during the 2020 lockdown. Unable to work with other people in a live environment, I turned to the social m...
Standing Beauty in a Dance Pose
Standing Beauty in a Dance Pose
This painting in vertical hanging scroll format depicts a beautiful woman wearing a black kimono embroidered with plum blossoms, maple leaves, and stylized Chinese characters, capt...
Manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami, with lacquer binding
Manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami, with lacquer binding
The manuscript opens with a faded ink drawing of a seated bearded man holding prayer beads in a landscape. The drawing is water damaged, and the inscription attributing the work to...
Daughter of the Coast Guard
Daughter of the Coast Guard
Homer travelled to England in 1881 and, after spending a few weeks in London, settled in the village of Cullercoats near Tynemouth on the craggy North Sea coast, remaining there un...