The historian and presenter on his new book about 12,000 years of British art, BBC philistinism and Banksy’s ‘money-making machine’.
A Turner painting of Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire ... known as the Jolly Fisherman, by John Hassall, which has been restored through a £4,000 Heritage Fund grant; and an unopened glass time ...
One of the four Walton Bridges paintings (in about 1806) was acquired by Norfolk Museum Service with a £2.1m National Heritage Lottery Fund grant in 2019 Four paintings of a double-span bridge ...
A film that looks at the genius of JMW Turner in a new light There is more ... new kind of art The programme examines nine key Turner paintings and shows how we should rethink them in the light ...
But after the buyer, who wishes to remain anonymous, discovered a hidden inscription of 'W Turner' on the back of the painting, experts managed to confirm its artistry. It is now expected to sell ...