Tag: Charles Saumarez Smith

  • The Art Museum in Modern Times – book review

    A former director of London’s National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery, Charles Saumarez Smith takes us to 42 of his favourite museums worldwide, considering how our experience of art is impacted by the buildings that house it

  • Starred restaurant. Royal Academy of Arts, London

    It seems to be a peculiar feature of the Royal Academy that some of its most alluring works of art are to be found in unexpected places, outside the main galleries. Take, for example, its prize treasure, The Virgin and…