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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 -
InSight No. 108
John Armstrong | On the Promenade, 1947 August 24, 2022 Retreating to Cornwall in 1945, John Armstrong began making visionary paintings of leaves and feathers. His imagery brims with surreal... Read more