Caravaggio’s Street-Savvy Cupid Makes Its London Debut

Caravaggio’s Street-Savvy Cupid Makes Its London Debut

The Wallace Collection has secured Victorious Cupid — the brazen, smirking, bare-fleshed Caravaggio masterpiece painted around 1601–02. This is the first time it has been shown in Britain. The painting arrives on loan from Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie. It will anchor...
The Art Diary March 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens

The Art Diary March 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens

The March Art Diary first highlights exhibitions in Essex (Firstsite, Focal Point and Beecroft Galleries) followed by group shows engaging with spirituality and social issues (St John’s Waterloo, National, Halcyon and Fitzrovia Galleries, Cambridge, Norfolk and...
Wallace Collection Opens Up Loan Options

Wallace Collection Opens Up Loan Options

The Wallace Collection is to change its policy and loan out works of art from the gallery to other museums.  In the past it was traditionally considered to be a ‘closed’ collection, the terms of Lady Wallace’s bequest do not expressly forbid lending or borrowing. Sir...