Isabel Seligman
Isabel Seligman is the Monument Trust Curator of Modern and Contemporary Drawing at the British Museum, London.
For most artists, there’s no such thing as the ‘wrong’ side of a piece of paper
Though we rarely encounter them, the preparatory sketches and absent-minded doodling on the backs of drawings can reveal much about what an artist really had in mind
2 Sep 2022
‘Draw and don’t waste time’. Lessons from Michelangelo and the Old Masters
Art students these days are more likely to keep a blog than a sketchbook. The British Museum’s touring exhibition of historic drawings seeks to change that
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