Isabel Radford reflects on one of Frida Kahlo’s best known works, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940, and sees the artist as a source of empowerment for our current times.
The National Gallery reveals its latest acquisition, Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self-portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Miriam Al Jamil reflects on its importance in Gentileschi’s oeuvre.