As the recent Siena exhibition in New York so beautifully demonstrated, these artists helped redefine Western painting for centuries to come. None of these Sienese artists survived the Black Death.

The title of the above painting is not a mistake – although the scene, depicting the frightened children of King Edward IV listening to the noises of the assassin approaching their chamber, is already ...

This scene spurred the artist to pick up a brush ... Besides telling the community’s stories, Lam has also hidden in the painting two cartoon cats – White Sugar and Brown Sugar symbolise ...