

The Eye of the Needle: Textile storytelling with artist Cécile Davidovici
An interview by Linda Falcone Originally published in RESTORATION CONVERSATIONS magazine Spring/Summer 2025 - Issue 7 Come autumn 2025,...


John Singer Sargent’s ‘Dollar Princesses’
A fresh look at portraits from the Gilded Age By Margie MacKinnon Originally published in RESTORATION CONVERSATIONS magazine...


Chance Encounters:
Artist and Curator in conversation By Linda Falcone Originally published in Restoration Conversations magazine Issue 7, Spring-Summer...


Carrington: Bloomsbury’s Shooting Star
By MARGIE MACKINNON This article was first published in Restoration Conversations Magazine Issue 7, Spring 2025 View of the exhibition,...


A Spirit of Generosity. Behind the Scenes at The Women’s Art Collection
BY MARGIE MACKINNON This article was first published in Restoration Conversations Magazine Issue 7, Spring 2025 Harriet Loffler,...


With Every Clue You Pursue
Art sleuth and artisan Poiret Masse searches for Violante Siries Cerroti’s ‘voice’ Interview by Linda Falcone Article Source: Restoration...


A radical female perspective: Vanessa Bell at MK Gallery
By Margie MacKinnon Originally published in Restoration Conversations magazine Autumn / Winter 2024 - Issue 6 See the full issue Vanessa...


Art detectives for ‘Violante’
AWA Legacy Fund sees dream unfold by Linda Falcone The article was originally published in Restoration Conversations magazine Issue 06,...


FLORENCE'S DAUGHTERS AT THE INNOCENTI: Restoration 2025 - 'Little Meteors'
The Innocenti Institute's Historical Archive, Ph. Marco Badiani, 2025 Little Meteors: The Girls Restoring Tokens at the Innocenti...


Florentine Exhibitions for Louise Bourgeois: Do Not Abandon Me
By Linda Falcone “There is tremendous anticipation for the Florence exhibition on Louise Bourgeois, one of the absolute protagonists of...


Eggs and shades of gold
Painter Christiana Herringham, in focus Co-curator and scholar Elizabeth Prettejohn recounts pre-Raphaelite painter Christiana...


PERSONAL REFLECTIONS… on Florence Nightingale
Writers and readers share connections by Carol Annett, Ottawa, Canada Restoration Conversations magazine SPRING / SUMMER 2024, Issue 5...


Brilliant Lights
The comets of Caroline Herschel By TANYA KLOWDEN Restoration Conversations, Spring/Summer 2024, Issue 5 C/2020 F3 is the official...


Breaking into the Boys’ Club
Angelica Kauffman at the Royal Academy by Margie MacKinnon Restoration Conversations magazine Issue 05 Spring/Summer 2024 ‘Angelica...


Feature:Trailblazer, Rule Breaker
Lavinia Fontana at the National Gallery of Ireland by Margie MacKinnon Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) was the first woman in Europe to...


The Painting in the Dining Room
Paula Rego’s Garden of Delights by Margie MacKinnon Detail from Paula Rego’s Crivelli’s Garden (1990–1). Presented by English Estates,...


Notable Women
Profiles of two female composers featured in 'Scoring Suffrage' at the Florence Lyceum by Margie MacKinnon A supermoon illuminated the...


The Colour is Brown
Curator Sergio Risaliti speaks ‘Cecily’ at Museo Novecento An Interview by Linda Falcone Ph. Mark Hartman, Portrait of Cecily Brown,...


Close encounters
A conversation with violinist Ruth Palmer By Margie MacKinnon Ruth Palmer in 'Scoring Suffrage at Florence's Lyceum, ph. by Marco Berni...


“You oughta be in pictures”
Banca d’Italia showcases 75 years of women in art By Linda Falcone The entrance to Towards Modernity, with a glimpse of Salvatore Lega's...