Stephen Smith steps inside Vienna’s temple to Art Nouveau, the gold domed Secession Building, to wonder at Gustav Klimt’s dazzling Beethoven Frieze. Klimt’s 34-metre long masterpiece is on permanent ...
Internationally known artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) grew up in Baumgarten, a town near Vienna. His father was an engraver of gold and silver items, a ...
Art and money are inextricably intertwined. Now, an exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is investigating the complicated relationship between these two forces. Titled “Money Talks: Art, ...