Grumpy Art Historian

Picture: Guardian The only current exhibition that I'm inspired to review at length is the NG's Botticini's Palmieri Altarp...

Picture: British Museum A couple of months ago I had a few days off work, so I popped along to the Print Room at the British Museum. I...

Picture: British Museum The British Museum is lending a statue from the Parthenon to the Hermitage. It's not for an exhibition that...

Picture: MS Very excited to see this new Raphael drawing Ajax and Cassandra  at the British Museum recently, just accepted by the gover...

Picture: BM The British Museum must be the most open print room in the world.  Anyone with ID can just turn up and request anything, ex...

Photo: BM I've been inspired by the Raphael drawing exhibitions in Haarlem and Frankfurt (and seeing the outstanding drawing sol...