Comment Are Old Masters going up in the art world? Edward Behrens 2 January 2025 Installation view of Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo: Eileen Travell; courtesy the Met Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Already a subscriber? Contact us for help with your access Keep reading from just$16 every 3 months Subscribe today for unlimited and exclusive access to the most incisive art writing available. Every issue delivered directly to you Unlimited reading on the website – updated every day Access to exclusive web only articles Over 200 digital issues in the Apollo archive Email newsletters every week Or Unlock three articles a month Register for free to read more REGISTER Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Recommended for you The saga of the Salvator Mundi is catnip for film-makers Two documentaries on the ‘lost Leonardo’ have found the story’s sensationalism irresistible – but hard facts are as absent as the painting itself The Met’s Old Masters, seen in a new light European paintings still occupy prime real estate on Fifth Avenue – but a redisplay offers fresh insight into the Met’s hallowed holdings Are the Old Masters more indispensable than ever? Caroline Campbell and Michael Prodger consider the particular forms of escape that historic paintings can offer in uncertain times
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Are Old Masters going up in the art world?
Installation view of Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo: Eileen Travell; courtesy the Met
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The saga of the Salvator Mundi is catnip for film-makers
Two documentaries on the ‘lost Leonardo’ have found the story’s sensationalism irresistible – but hard facts are as absent as the painting itself
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European paintings still occupy prime real estate on Fifth Avenue – but a redisplay offers fresh insight into the Met’s hallowed holdings
Are the Old Masters more indispensable than ever?
Caroline Campbell and Michael Prodger consider the particular forms of escape that historic paintings can offer in uncertain times