Art and Antiques
Art and Antiques
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My favourite painting: Aurore Ankarcrona Hennessey
The director of art at The Arts Club in London chooses a picture from The Arts Club in London.
By Charlotte Mullins Published
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Country Life 1 February 2023
Country Life 1 February 2023 is our annual travel special, while we also look at wild flowers, Robin Hood and the legendary Flying Scotsman.
By Country Life Published
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My favourite painting: The Duke of Buccleuch
The Duke of Buccleuch's art collection includes works by Thomas Gainsborough and other household names, but he chooses a piece from a more obscure painter.
By Charlotte Mullins Published
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My Favourite Painting: Tahir Shah
Author and film-maker Tahir Shah chooses a military portrait.
By Charlotte Mullins Published
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My Favourite Painting: Philip Hooper
Philip Hooper of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler chooses a beguiling portrait.
By Charlotte Mullins Published
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My Favourite Painting: The Duke of Northumberland
Ralph Percy, Duke of Northumberland, chooses 'Portrait of the artist with Nicholas Lanier and Sir Charles Cotterell', bought by one of his forbears for just £44.
By Charlotte Mullins Published
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Country Life 28 December 2022
Country Life 28 December 2022 offers up a vision of the Grand Tour of Britain in 2023.
By Country Life Published
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In Focus: The billion-dollar art collection of Microsoft's co-founder, and what happened when it went under the hammer
Huon Mallalieu takes a look at the extraordinary paintings collected by Paul Allen over a lifetime of considered art appreciation.
By Huon Mallalieu Published
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My Favourite Painting: Nick Ashley
Nick Ashley chooses Samantha by Alex Katz, an artist who made his name in New York's art scene of the 1980s.
By Charlotte Mullins Published
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The Grosvenor Hotel, Stockbridge review: A boutique, historic hotel for a boutique, historic town
The Cotswolds without the crowds? Annunciata Elwes visits Stockbridge’s Grosvenor Hotel.
By Annunciata Elwes Published
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My Favourite Painting: Jemma Powell
The artist and actress Jemma Powell on a Spanish family portrait.
By Charlotte Mullins Published
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My Favourite Painting: Oliver Mears
Opera director Oliver Mears chooses a classic anti-war painting.
By Toby Keel Published
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The furniture which John Fowler picked out for his own home is going up for sale in December
John Fowler, the iconic decorator who moved the needle of British interior design as a co-founder of Colefax & Fowler, chose exquisite pieces for his own home — and dozens of them are now up for sale.
By Toby Keel Published
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My Favourite Painting: Habda Rashid
Habda Rashid, senior curator at Kettle’s Yard and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, chooses an image full of 'tension and intimacy'.
By Charlotte Mullins Published
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My Favourite Painting: Clare Moriarty
Clare Moriarty of Citizens Advice pushes the boundaries of our feature by choosing not a painting, but a sculpture. Or rather, a series of thousands of sculptures: Anthony Gormley's 'Field for the British Isles'.
By Charlotte Mullins Published
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My Favourite Painting: Charles Foster
The writer, barrister and veterinarian Charles Foster on a dramatic seascape by Konstantinovich Aivazovsky.
By Charlotte Mullins Published
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In Focus: Edouard Manet, the man who shocked France with nudity, executions and everyday life
Edouard Manet relished goading the French establishment, yet longed for the artistic recognition that came mostly after his death, laments Michael Prodger.
By Michael Prodger Published