Martin Gayford

Five new chapters have been added to this volume, originally published in 2011...

Top-shelf art appreciation behind the scenes makes this one-to-one "opportunistic" and "impulsive" discourse stand out. Not for researchers but for thinkers responding to its highbrow banter, this is for the avid art lover, curator, docent, museum studies student, and any well-traveled sophisticate who knows the way around a museum.