Bendor Grosvenor

3 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Maev Kennedy |Hannah McGivern |Bendor Grosvenor

It was bad luck for the owner of a portrait of a lovely young Roman model, when the future King Edward VII walked into the artist’s studio in February 1859, and fell for her immediately. The painting had already been promised to and paid for by the collector George de Monbrison, but the 17-year-old prince really wanted her.

3 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Bendor Grosvenor |Gareth Harris |Joe Ware

The British campaign group Just Stop Oil, famed for splashing soup across some of the world’s most celebrated works of art, is now pivoting into the world of gastronomy. After recently announcing an end to its protests, the group now plans to publish a cookery book. The book, Making a Bigger Splash: Soups, has been written by two of the group’s organisers, Anne Carotte and Cory Ander.