Julien Domercq is an art historian writing a PhD at King’s College, Cambridge

The Endeavour won’t tell us anything new about Cook’s voyage, but that’s not the point

The ship that took Captain Cook around the world ended up as the ‘Lord Sandwich’ at the bottom of Newport Harbour

9 May 2016

Paris’s celebration of Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun is long overdue

A memorable exhibition at the Grand Palais tells the story of a remarkable artist and independent woman

10 Nov 2015

Resurrecting the Fallen Feather Gods of Polynesia

‘Missionaries and Idols in Polynesia’ at SOAS reviewed

8 Sep 2015
The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

Making an entrance: the Fitzwilliam Museum’s opulent portico has been restored

The magnificent entrance has been meticulously spruced up

2 Aug 2014