Art and the British Royal Family; museums energy crisis; Fuselis The Nightmare
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Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the proclamation of King Charles III, Ben Luke speaks to the former Surveyor of the Queen\\u2019s Pictures, Desmond Shawe-Taylor. They discuss the Royal Collection, the late Queen\\u2019s taste in art, the new King\\u2019s commitment to art education, and how the modern era compares to the past in terms of Royal patronage of visual art. As lights in museums and on monuments are turned off across Europe, UK institutions are facing soaring energy bills that could prove an existential threat. Lisa Ollerhead, director of the Association of Independent Museums, discusses how they can respond. And this episode\\u2019s Work of the Week is The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli\\u2014the Swiss-born artist\\u2019s most famous work. Two versions of the painting are in Fuseli: the Realm of Dreams and the Fantastic, a new show at the Mus\\xe9e Jacquemart-Andr\\xe9 in Paris.
Association of Independent Museums: aim-museums.co.uk
Fuseli: the Realm of Dreams and the Fantastic, Mus\\xe9e Jacquemart-Andr\\xe9, Paris, until 23 January 2023
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