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InSight No. 121

Paul Nash | Harbour and Room, 1931 March 24, 2023 Darkest night enters an enclosed room. Dreams and the hinterland between waking and sleeping underlie Paul Nash’s surrealist masterpiece, which... Read more

InSight No. 120

Jean Cooke | Seven Sisters March 10, 2023 For many people, a trip to the Sussex coast is a holiday. Piano Nobile’s new exhibition Jean Cooke: Seascapes &... Read more

InSight No. 119

Ben Nicholson | squares & circles February 24, 2023 Ben Nicholson’s rare use of lithographs reflected his friendship with pioneers of improved print and typography. InSight No. 119 Ben... Read more

InSight No. 118

Craigie Aitchison | Crucifixion with Angels February 9, 2023 Despite his Christian upbringing, Craigie Aitchison cared less for religion than he did for art. His use of Christian imagery... Read more

InSight No. 117

Grayson Perry | Untitled (She Is My Mind) January 18, 2023 InSight considers an early work by the recently knighted artist Sir Grayson Perry. It is on display at the London... Read more

InSight No. 116

Frank Auerbach | Head of E.O.W., 1972 January 10, 2023 To begin the new year, InSight considers a formative moment in the work of Frank Auerbach. In the late sixties... Read more

InSight No. 115

Nicola Bensley | Frank Auerbach: A Morning in the Studio December 7, 2022 One morning in 2015, the photographer Nicola Bensley paid a visit to Frank Auerbach in his Mornington Crescent studio. Her... Read more

InSight No. 114

Alberto Giacometti | Nature morte avec bouteille November 23, 2022 Alberto Giacometti was one of the most respected European artists of the mid-twentieth century. His attitude to work was an... Read more

InSight No. 113

Lynn Chadwick | Iron Composition November 9, 2022 British art of the 1950s was ruled by twisted forms and an angst-ridden mood. The idiomorphic sculptures of Lynn Chadwick... Read more

InSight No. 112

Paul Nash | Ruin in the Forest of Dean October 26, 2022 Paul Nash was a poet painter whose landscape paintings evince a hidden world, overflowing with Blakean imagery and fragmentary historical... Read more

InSight No. 111

Frank Auerbach | Head of Julia II October 12, 2022 As Piano Nobile’s exhibition Frank Auerbach: The Sitters continues, InSight considers an early masterpiece depicting the artist’s wife Julia. She... Read more

InSight No. 110

Frank Auerbach | Reclining Head of Julia September 26, 2022 To mark the opening of Piano Nobile’s exhibition Frank Auerbach: The Sitters, InSight considers the recent work of Britain’s greatest... Read more

InSight No. 109

Lynn Chadwick | Beast VII September 8, 2022 Like many artists of his generation, the sculptor Lynn Chadwick instilled his work with a mood of trauma and struggle.... Read more