Grumpy Art Historian

Sotheby's and Christie's dominate high-end art auctions, but Bonham's has some particularly interesting pictures this month...

The Shoemaker Pot (Picture: Ashmolean) I don't know much about Greek vases, but I like them.  They are outside my main artistic int...

Picture: Ashmolean The most sensitive connoisseurs not only hold different views on this drawing; they espouse those views with utter...

Picture: Guardian I saw the newly attributed Titian at the National Gallery today.  I hadn't expected much from the pictures, but I...

Photo: Frick The Frick is hosting an exhibtion of Piero della Francesca next year.  I've seen all of the panels from the Sant'...

Photo: Telegraph Great post by CultureGrrl on a daft attribution of a sculpture to Michelangelo.  It raises questions about curatorial...