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Alastair Sooke
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Blog posts in total 3
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How pop made art fun
What is it about the images of soup cans and celebrities we love so much?
Treasures Of Ancient Rome: Surprising and exquisite
Ever since studying it almost a decade ago I have noticed that people can be sniffy about Roman art. It's been like that for centuries. Some scholars have even questioned whether or not it existed at all. Most art historians don't go that far, but traditionally Roman art has presented the...
Romancing The Stone: The Golden Ages Of British Sculpture
When the BBC asked me to present the BBC Four series Romancing The Stone: The Golden Ages Of British Sculpture, I jumped at the chance - because I have long believed that sculpture in this country suffers unfairly from neglect. Our towns and cities are full of civic statuary that we routinel...
