Resources & Recommendations #28
Monday, 5 January 2026. Newsletter 28
to listen
National Gallery Podcast – Stories in Colour
Launched in May 2025, the National Gallery’s miniseries Stories in Colour is an engaging and richly layered exploration of colour in art. Drawing on examples from the national collection, a range of curators, scientists, historians, artists, and other specialists examine humanity’s efforts to create colour and to make meaning with it. A three-part exploration of gold is particularly insightful.
to watch
Exhibition Presentation: "Dessins des Carrache - La fabrique de la galerie Farnèse"
Victor Hundsbuckler, curator of the Louvre’s current exhibition Carracci Drawings: The Making of the Farnese Gallery, delivered the opening lecture on 13 November. The recording, now available on YouTube, is in French, but thanks to the marvels of modern technology, English subtitles are available, making it well worth watching for its presentation of the latest research on one of the great masterpieces of Western fresco painting.
to read
The Drawing That Got a Renaissance Master Banished From Rome by Verity Babbs
Verity Babbs recounts the story of Federico Zuccaro’s fall from favour with his Farnese and papal patrons, and the satirical drawing that ultimately led to his expulsion from Rome.
