Fine Art and Photography

Lives of the painters, sculptors and architects of the Italian Renaissance.

The dealer who sold Europe's Old Masters to rich Americans.

Ethnography of auctions, fairs and studios.

How prices are set in the contemporary art market, from dealers to auction houses.

Leonardo's life read through his notebooks, where art and science were one pursuit.

A dealer separating commercial, social and intrinsic value.

Sequel with more on auction guarantees and price formation.

The rise of the mega-galleries and the money in the contemporary art market.

A painting teacher's philosophical and practical notes on an approach to art.

Fifteenth-century Italian painting, and reading social history from its style.

The idea of ugliness through history, as shown in art, literature and architecture.

An irreverent look at why museums tire visitors and how to enjoy them.

Money and power inside the Metropolitan Museum.

Large-format scenery and fashion photographs of Richard Branson's Caribbean island.