Emily L. Spratt is a fellow in the Research Department at the Frick Collection and a Ph.D. Candidate in Byzantine and Renaissance Art History at Princeton University. She is also a strategic advisor in the art-tech sector.

The Louvre. Photo: Dennis Jarvis/Wikimedia Commons

Why the Louvre needs a Byzantine art section

As the popularity of recent shows proves, Paris is ready for a permanent space devoted to Byzantine art and its influence

2 Feb 2018