Essential Art Blog

On their visit to the Courtauld Gallery's Goya to Impressionism show, our Lower Sixth Art Historians were asked to pick their favourite painting and explain their choice.

Head of History of Art, Ms. Hannah Kroes, invites Lower Sixth Art students to select one exhibit from this year’s Turner Prize and present their case for why it deserved to win.

Harrodian Art History students tell us about the paintings that inspired them at the National Gallery's After Impressionism exhibition. Lower Sixth...

Harrodian’s Art History A Level students were captivated by their trip to the Courtauld collection earlier this month.

Join our Art History Sixth Formers on their whistle-stop pre-Christmas gallery tour and read their reviews of the best current London exhibitions

Whether it’s trips to exhibitions and galleries, visits to the school by practising artists or diverse challenges and competitions, Art Department...

History of Art student, Dasha, shares her award-winning essay about a painting by artist and member of the Bloomsbury Group, Vanessa Bell. Reviewing the portrait, she finds a pair of like-minded individuals who share a deep connection, contrary to the opinion of many art critics of the time who often branded them elitist individuals.

History of Art students enjoyed the beauty of the ‘Pre-Raphaelite Sisters’ exhibition but wondered if the curators could have dug deeper into the way these influential women were portrayed

A Level History of Art students visited Kew Gardens to see Dale Chihuly's dazzling blown glass flowers and plants

From September to February, every term time on Thursdays, at 5 pm, Harrodian’s 15 Lower Sixth art students gather in the Senior Art studio, get out...