Posts by Richard Pulford

This blog - the third of a three part series - considers the Spanish Flu, and how it was almost entirely overlooked by the art world

AIDS has been the second most deadly pandemic in human history, killing more than 30 million to date. It profoundly influenced art in the 1980s and 1990s.

Art has had a close relationship with disease and death over the centuries. This blog looks at that relationship and in the first of three parts considers the Black Death, and the masterful painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder - The Triumph of Death

How understanding the painting National Language Class helps us understand Singapore, and vice-versa

He's arguably the most successful living artist in the North with a painting career entering its seventh decade. What is it that makes Geoffrey Key so good?

A brief tribute to one of the most important artists to emerge from the North-West, Roger Hampson

A brief look at the career and work of Lowry's friend, the artist Frank Bradley

Is the title of a painting important? Jackson Pollock thought not, but we disagree and use Paul Nash's We are Making a New World as the best example.

This story has everything - high end art forgery, Prince Charles and the London gangland scene. 

A look at Steve Bewsher's latest work in the context of some famous political paintings

A look at how North Korea continues the trend of powerful art in support of an oppressive regime

We look at Sotheby's recent Scottish Art auction and see how the work of Jack Vettriano compares to that of John Bellany and Peter Howson.

A brief look at the collapse of the parent company of the Knutsford Fine Art auctioneer, Wright Marshall

Is Donald Trump a Nazi? Whatever your view, this blog looks at what happens when real Nazis attain power, told through the story of the small French fishing village of Sanary-sur-Mer which was, for a period in the 1930s, the epicentre of anti-Nazi intellectuals.

A discussion on whether customers are fairly treated by art galleries

How can an artist about whom so little is known, be so successful 20 years after his death? 

June saw 34 pictures by Lowry auctioned - the most in any single month. What do these auctions tell us about demand and prices for Lowry's works?

The indutrial strife of 1979 seen trhough the eyes of the artist Theodore Major

What the ever increasng prices at the top end of the art market can tell us about the way the world works

 The saga of the $450m Salvator Mundi