'Florence’s Daughters' at the Innocenti
A new restoration at Europe’s earliest foundling hospital By Linda Falcone Autumn/Winter 2024-25, Issue 06 Restoration Conversations ...
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,...
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...
Sharing Silk
An Interview with Elena Baistrocchi General Director, Arte della Seta Lisio Foundation Romantic velvet, Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio...
Murders and marriages
Catherine de’ Medici goes ‘full circle’ By Linda Falcone From Restoration Conversations Magazine Issue 3, Spring/Summer 2023 Francesco...
All About Joan
Reflections on the Monet–Mitchell exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton by Margie MacKinnon From Restoration Conversations Magazine Issue...
From Courtesans to Conceptual Artists
Women in the frame at London’s re-vamped National Portrait Gallery By Margie MacKinnon From Restoration Conversations Magazine Issue 3,...
Friends and Strangers
Portraits by Alice Neel and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye By Margie MacKinnon From Restoration Conversations Magazine, Issue 3, Spring/Summer...
Before the Selfie
A few words on women’s self-portraits By Margie MacKinnon From Restoration Conversations Magazine, Issue 3, Spring/Summer 2023 Rolinda...