Christiana Payne

Available for pre-order! In the Shade of the Pine: Artists, Writers, and Trees in America, 1825-1876 by Christiana Payne. uapress.com/product/in-the…

Another very sad loss: Brian Patten, a poet whose work was always, for me, filled with a kind of yearning light. #RIPBrianPatten

🎓 Five of our clients recently completed a Core Maths course at Oxford Lifelong Learning - the 3rd in a series of courses for refugees & asylum seekers. Huge thanks to Dr Ben Grant, Dr Tom Crawford & Behrad Ahmadpour @UniofOxford for making it possible. lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/news/this-clas…

Thelma Cazalet-Keir's parliamentary question in 1940, asking the prime minister whether he intended to ‘introduce legislation’ to enable the return of the marbles after the war ‘as some recognition of the Greeks’ magnificent stand for civilisation’.

Rare outbreak of common sense if the Parthenon marbles are removed from their London dungeon and set against the glorious blue sky of their homeland where they have always belonged. 🇬🇷 thetimes.com/uk/history/art…

Calling all animal lovers! I’m giving an online lecture for @TurnersHouse on Thursday 15 May, 6.30-7.30pm, ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them…in Turner’s Work’. Cats, cows, dogs, birds, horses, elephants and much more! Book here: turnershouse.beaconforms.com/form/a70e4b8e

How exciting that @ComptonVerney has been shortlisted for the Art Fund Museum of the Year - I was so lucky to be able to curate Landscape and Imagination for them last year. It’s a great venue and I wish them luck!

Happy Earth Day 🌳 These paintings in our collection are by Asher B. Durand, an American landscape painter of the Hudson River School. Essentially self-taught, Durand often worked outdoors—en plein air—at locations like the Adirondacks, Catskills, and the White Mountains.

An oak tree on the banks of a stream, from a walk in the hills near New Mills.

I've got to get over there to see this!

Congratulations to @NicolaMoorby on her publication day for Turner and Constable. We can't wait to hear all about the fact and fiction behind the lives of these two iconic British landscape artists on Mon 19 May at #BathLitFest25 bathfestivals.org.uk/the-bath-festi… @yalepress

Publishing today! As we begin to celebrate 250 years of J.M.W Turner and John Constable, art historian Nicola Moorby offers us a fresh perspective on these two extraordinary artists. 'Turner & Constable: Art, Life, Landscape' is available now.

'Henry Fuseli, Dark Dreamer: A polymathic writer and visual artist, Fuseli made his mark with paintings that translated his feverish obsessions into haunting images.' 📌 loom.ly/shVUI5I [£] 📚 loom.ly/dsFOmLc

Colour and Light @higginsbedford - Lear, Lewis, Tonks, Dadd and much more including digital art!

Come and see Colour and Light exhibition @higginsbedford - beautiful works by Solomon, Palmer, Hunt, Sargent

Hopping on here briefly to spread the word about Colour & Light, our new exhibition at the Higgins Bedford Gallery. Do go and visit - it’s spectacular! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

New exhibition @higginsbedford opens February 15th - beautiful works by Turner, Palmer, Boyce, Lewis, Sargent and more!

Looking forward to my online talk next Wednesday (1/29) on houseplant history @LloydLibraryMus 🪴—registration details below! lloydlibrary.org/event/green-sp…

Exciting launch today of #turner250 - an amazing year of Turner events and exhibitions. I can’t wait! Proud to be curating this year’s show for @TurnersHouse (more details soon), and publishing ‘Turner and Constable: Art, Life, Landscape’ with @YaleBooks. tate.org.uk/art/turner-250

Manifesting a slow Sunday today with #StillLifeSunday. 🖼️ ‘Snowdrops and Violets’, Eva Francis, 1903, Touchstones Rochdale. 🖼️ ‘A Picture In Itself’, Jessica Hallyar, 1881. 🖼️ ‘Still Life with Birds’ Nests and Primroses’, Thomas Collier, 1872, Russell-Cotes Museum.