JOHN KEANE
John Keane, artist, on an Owl butterfly. GB Tell me why you’ve chosen the Owl butterfly as your object of beauty JK I first encountered an Owl butterfly or Caligo, when […]
JOHN ONIANS
John Onians, art historian, on a painting of a a cave bear from the Chauvet Cave, France. GB Tell me why you chose this JO I think it was made […]
FRANCESCO PRANTERA
Francesco Prantera, Vatican art restorer, on the sculpture, Laocoön and his Sons. GB Tell me why you chose this. FP The answer lies everything I am about to write. I […]
SEMIR ZEKI
Semir Zeki, Professor of Neuroesthetics, on Michelangelo’s Pietà. GB Why did you choose this work? SZ I fell under the spell of Michelangelo’s Pietà at St. Peter’s Basilica at first […]
GILDED BIRDS 