#Food for Thought

Reading Art

Taiwan-born Chinese lyricist and producer Yao Chien opens up about his new-found interest in Old Master paintings that began with books.

2020, Art collector, Food for Thought － 04.12.2020

On Collecting

Poet James Fenton explores the little-known field of Hafner ware as an area of collecting, after rejecting traditional collecting areas such as stamps and medals.

2020, Art collector, Food for Thought － 17.09.2020
A Typology of Collecting 2.0

Art collector Uli Sigg – who formed the most substantial collection of contemporary Chinese art in the world – shares his perceptive and witty analysis of the motives of the collector, highlighted by his personal insights on collecting online.

2020, Art collector, Food for Thought － 07.08.2020
Venice

Art historian Ben Street reflects on Venice, focusing on a sublime Bellini altarpiece in situ in the church of San Giovanni Grisostomo.

2020, Food for Thought － 18.07.2020
On Being an Anti-Racist Preservationist

Executive Director of Sir John Soane’s Museum Michael Diaz-Griffith the and Dutch-Chinese author Mary Wang discuss art in the wake of the recent groundswell of support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

2020, Food for Thought － 26.06.2020
Of Miraculous Art in a Time of Coronavirus

Anna Somers Cocks OBE shares her provocative thoughts on art as she spent several weeks sequestered in Turin during the peak of the pandemic.

2020, Food for Thought － 06.06.2020
Painters at the Pictures: the Cinema and Artistic Biography

David Ekserdjian, distinguished scholar of the Italian late Renaissance, presents a survey of films about artists.

2020, Food for Thought － 15.05.2020
Counting Back from the End

Art historian and founder of CODART Gary Schwartz shares his personal thoughts on the subject of collecting. Inspired by an article he wrote on kunstkamer paintings years ago, his moving essay takes us to the Isle of Bute off the main coast of Scotland where the emotional journey begins.

2020, Art collector, Food for Thought － 24.04.2020
A Reminiscence of Lombard Still Lifes and Dinner with Silvano Lodi in 1982

Art historian John Spike recalls dining with one of the greatest collectors of Italian Still Life paintings, Silvano Lodi.

2020, Art collector, Food for Thought － 02.04.2020