Sophie Pell

Feb 6, 2025 | dailyartmagazine.com | Javier Miguel |Sophie Pell |Szymon Jocek |Candy Bedworth

Art Travels In January 1889, after a heated argument with his friend Paul Gauguin that led him to cut off part of his left ear, Vincent van Gogh painted one of the most iconic self-portraits in the history of art, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear. Today, this is one of the many masterpieces exhibited in the Courtauld Gallery, founded in the 1930s by collectors and philanthropists on the belief that everyone should have the opportunity to engage with art. Who Were the Courtaulds?

Feb 2, 2025 | dailyartmagazine.com | Sophie Pell |Szymon Jocek |Candy Bedworth |Ruxi Rusu

Having lived in London for the past three years as an art lover, I have had more than my fair share of questions about where to “start” at the National Gallery. And, frankly, I can understand why. For anyone new to the world of art history, or just a little daunted by the enormous building whose columns dominate a large portion of Trafalgar Square, it can be hard to know the “right” way to take in this large collection of paintings.