InSight is an editorial series that takes a detailed look at the stories and history surrounding a highlighted artwork and its artist. This long-form series is an opportunity to examine art more closely, to learn more about Piano Nobile’s offering, and to explore the narratives woven through twentieth-century British art.
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InSight No. 173
Chaïm Soutine | Les Platanes à Céret June 6, 2025 As Piano Nobile prepares to open a new display about Chaïm Soutine and British painting, InSight considers the artist’s years in the Pyrenean town of Céret after the Great War.... -
InSight No. 172
R. B. Kitaj | Place de la Concorde May 23, 2025 ‘I love Paris, why oh, why do I love Paris?’, sang Ella Fitzgerald. R. B. Kitaj loved it too. He lived there for a year between spring 1982 and April... -
InSight No. 171
Christopher Wood | The Yellow Man May 9, 2025 This week InSight considers a canonical masterpiece by the youthful, effervescent artist Christopher Wood, which was painted near the end of his short life. InSight No. 171 Christopher Wood, The... -
InSight No. 170
Barbara Hepworth | Rhythmic forms April 25, 2025 Piano Nobile’s InSight series takes a detailed look at the stories and history surrounding a highlighted artwork and its artist. This long-form series offers an opportunity for a deeper examination... -
InSight No. 169
Henry Moore | Three Piece Reclining Figure Maquette No. 5 April 11, 2025 Henry Moore used fragmented forms to reimagine the human figure in two and three ‘piece’ sculptures. They related to a long history of antique remains in art. InSight No. 169... -
InSight No. 168
Stanley Spencer | Goats, Switzerland March 28, 2025 High in the Swiss Alps between the villages of Saas-Fee and Saas-Grund, a precarious footpath is punctuated by small wayside chapels. Stanley Spencer’s visits to the area in 1933 and... -
InSight No.166
Barbara Hepworth | Turning form (blue) A sculptor of profound vision and technical ability, Barbara Hepworth also made drawings and paintings loaded with qualities of texture and volume. Some of these works feature in Piano Nobile’s... -
InSight No. 165
Barbara Hepworth | Three curves with strings (Gold Mincarlo) InSight considers one of the rare sculptures that Barbara Hepworth made from gold, now on display in Piano Nobile’s exhibition of Hepworth’s stringed sculptures. InSight No. 165 Barbara Hepworth, Three... -
InSight No. 164
Lucian Freud | Lord Goodman in his Yellow Pyjamas To coincide with Piano Nobile’s Viewing Room of etchings by Lucian Freud, InSight considers his friendship with ‘the great negotiator of the age’. InSight No. 164 Lucian Freud, Lord Goodman...
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