Louisa McKenzie
@louisamckenzie.bsky.social
Art #historian | Words for The Times and more | Co-founder: @amaterialworld.bsky.social https://louisamckenziearthistory.com
I wrote about some of the best pet portrait artists around for @thetimes.com. Read it here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #pets #portraits #petportraits #dogs #cats
The best pet portrait artists
The top artists charge up to £25,000 to capture a beloved pet’s soul using pencil, paint, bronze — and Ferragamo handbags. Plus: the best animals in art
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Any academics here working in #perugia or knows of any postgrads working there? #academicsky
The marvellous aesthetic and technical advances of the Renaissance form the theme of our next 'Material World' event on 7 July @5.30pm, featuring @louisamckenzie.bsky.social of @glasgow.ac.uk. Book for free - come in person to the Warburg, or join online: lnkd.in/ekw4Ucge @amaterialworld.bsky.social
Our next event will be @louisamckenzie.bsky.social on artistic and technical exchange between #sculptors in #renaissance #florence. 7 July at 5:30pm, either at @warburginstitute.bsky.social or online. Click below to find out more. #arthistory #sculpture warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
A Material World - 'Artistic Encounters: Orsino Benintendi, Verrocchio, and the Exchange of Aesthetic and Technical Know-How in Renaissance Florence'
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Diamonds are a collector’s best friend. Find out more about this ultra-rare blue-green diamond in my latest for @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #diamonds #jewellery #jewelry #collecting
The world’s largest blue-green diamond is for sale at £7 million
The Ocean Dream’s extraordinary colour and size make it so collectible — and that’s just one of the fancy jewels at Christie’s this month
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All about the #tapestry today for @thetimes.com. Read it here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #bayeuxtapestry #interiordesign
Where to buy your own Bayeux Tapestry
Textile wall hangings are fashionable once again, thanks to a certain very long tapestry returning to England. Here’s where to source your own ancient and modern versions
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I wrote about some of London’s top #coffee spots for @thetimes.com. Read it here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #coffeelover #londonfood
Where to get London’s £250 cup of coffee
If you are serious about where your beans are sourced and how they are brewed, these are the coffee shops for you
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#renaissancearthistory #materialculture #florence #renaissanceflorence
Louisa McKenzie@louisamckenzie.bsky.social · 7mo agoMy first academic article, ‘“This Hall Has the Look of a City”: Display Strategies for Wax Ex-Votos and Botticelli’s Compositions for the Adoration of the Magi’ has been published in Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte Volume 89 Issue 1: doi.org/10.1515/zkg-... #arthistory #botticelli #renaissance
My first academic article, ‘“This Hall Has the Look of a City”: Display Strategies for Wax Ex-Votos and Botticelli’s Compositions for the Adoration of the Magi’ has been published in Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte Volume 89 Issue 1: doi.org/10.1515/zkg-... #arthistory #botticelli #renaissance
“This Hall Has the Look of a City”: Display Strategies for Wax Ex-Votos and Botticelli’s Compositions for the Adoration of the Magi
This paper suggests that the deliberate, structured way in which wax ex-votos were arranged in the Florentine church of Santissima Annunziata should not be overlooked as a factor that contributed to t...
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I previewed #tefaf for @thetimes.com and selected 6 standout pieces to look out for: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #tefaf2026 #artfair #collecting
The grandest art and antiques fair in the world
Every year in Maastricht priceless treasures go on sale, from a jewel-encrusted book of Shakespeare’s poems to a self-portrait by Rembrandt. Louisa McKenzie selects six of the most precious collectors...
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🐴 It’ll soon be the #yearofthehorse. Celebrate with this curated section of #gifts for @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #giftguide
Little luxuries to mark the year of the horse
Get the lunar new year off to a galloping start by offering equestrian designs from Hermès, Burberry, Ferrari et al
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✨ Happening online today! Book for free here: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #materialculture #fashionhistory #earlymodern #textiles #textilehistory
A Material World - 'Experiencing Chintz in Early Modern Japan: Global Textile Encounters and Local Printing Practices'
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A Material World@amaterialworld.bsky.social · 8mo agoJoin us for our next event: 'Experiencing Chintz in Early Modern Japan: Global Textile Encounters and Local Printing Practices' by Keiko Suzuki (Ritsumeikan University) 🗓️ 2 Feb 🕰️ 5:30pm UK time 📍online @warburginstitute.bsky.social Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #textiles #history
Make sure to join us online on Monday 2 February for @amaterialworld.bsky.social talk 'Experiencing Chintz in Early Modern Japan: Global Textile Encounters and Local Printing Practices' warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #MaterialCulture #History
🔥 Forget your basic Swan Vesta, it’s all about the loveliest matchboxes and matchbox covers - as well as the history of the match - today for @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #matches #matchbox #interiordesign
Flaming lovely — the £500 match box
The man who invented the match did not anticipate that the boxes containing them would become works of art
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Join us for our next event: 'Experiencing Chintz in Early Modern Japan: Global Textile Encounters and Local Printing Practices' by Keiko Suzuki (Ritsumeikan University) 🗓️ 2 Feb 🕰️ 5:30pm UK time 📍online @warburginstitute.bsky.social Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #textiles #history
A Material World - 'Experiencing Chintz in Early Modern Japan: Global Textile Encounters and Local Printing Practices'
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📣One week today! @warburginstitute.bsky.social #arthistory #history #historylover #learning #earlymodern #frenchhistory #materialculture
A Material World@amaterialworld.bsky.social · 9mo agoFor our next event, Dr Barbara Lasic (Sothebys Institute of Art) will speak on ‘Crafting and Staging Magnificence: French Royal Manufactures as Sites of Diplomatic Encounters’. 🗓️ 12 January 🕰️ 5:30pm 📍online @warburginstitute.bsky.social 🔗 Find out more and book: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Ever wondered what Warburg alumni go on to do? Our latest Life After the Warburg blog features @louisamckenzie.bsky.social, now a Research Associate on the UKRI-funded Art and Inequality in the Post-Black Death Century project at the University of Glasgow. Read:
Life after the Warburg: Louisa McKenzie
Warburg alumna Louisa McKenzie discusses her current research, the impact she hopes it will have and the routes her career has taken since leaving the Institute.
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For our next event, Dr Barbara Lasic (Sothebys Institute of Art) will speak on ‘Crafting and Staging Magnificence: French Royal Manufactures as Sites of Diplomatic Encounters’. 🗓️ 12 January 🕰️ 5:30pm 📍online @warburginstitute.bsky.social 🔗 Find out more and book: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
I defended the humble #Christmasjumper in a "Low Stakes Debate" with Hannah Skelley on Ed Vaizey's Times Radio show. Catch it here (free account required). It starts at the 2:51:01 mark: www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
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🧶 Love them or loathe them, #Christmasjumpers are here to stay. Here is a round up of some of the chicest options for this festive season, for @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #christmas #festiveseason #hohoho #christmasjumper
Designer Christmas jumpers for the festive season
Once upon a time they were a kitsch item, but today’s knits are a much more glamorous affair — although still with a hint of fun
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🥚An upcoming auction sees one of the rarest #Fabergé eggs on sale. I wrote about it for @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #faberge #fabergéegg #auction #diamonds #exceptional #femaledesigner #tsar #stpetersburg #almapihl #design #jewelry #jewellery #objetsdart
The most fabulous diamond-studded egg goes on sale for £20m
Louisa McKenzie on the auction of one of the most celebrated Fabergé creations of them all. Plus: where to see more eggs
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Discover the chicest Christmas cards to send this year, alongside the history of the card, in my article for @thetimes.com , here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #christmas #christmas2025 #christmascards
The chicest Christmas cards to send this year
Luxury Christmas cards to send this year. From personalised cards to classic Christmas designs and luxury retailers like Smythson and Fortnum & Mason. Shop now!
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📣 For our first event for 2025-2026, Maria Golovteeva (@warburginstitute.bsky.social) will speak on ‘Visions of Nubia: Photographing and Researching Nubian Art in the 1970s’. 🔗 Book for free via the link in our bio. #art #nubianart #photography #afterlives #arthistory #museums
Discover the ritziest #christmasdecorations this year, as well as the history of decorating the tree, in this @thetimes.com article: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #christmas #baubles
The best designer Christmas decorations for 2025
Luxury Christmas decorations to brighten your home this Christmas. From stockings to ornaments and baubles. Shop our top picks now!
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It’s a hot button issue! All about the #button and the fanciest examples to find now, for @thetimes.com, here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #fashionhistory #fashion #bespoke #customisation
Hot buttons — the fanciest fastenings
A smart button can transform an outfit. Louisa Mckenzie on the history of this haberdashery staple, and the most luxurious buttons to buy now
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Just in time for #halloween, I took at look at some very fancy #hauntings and chatted to @dannyrobins.bsky.social for @thetimes.com. Read it here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #ghosts #ghoststories #ghost #afterlife
How posh is your ghost?
From Anne Boleyn to Francis Drake, England has an impressive roster of upper-class phantoms. Louisa McKenzie talks to writer, broadcaster, and paranormal enthusiast Danny Robins about why we like our ...
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I took a look at the legacy of legendary fashion and interiors house Fortuny for @thetimes.com. Read it here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #fortuny #fashionhistory #interiors
The Spanish designer who revolutionised womenswear
The fashion label Fortuny transformed the way women dressed and felt about their bodies in the early 20th century. Today it continues to delight with its unique aesthetic
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I spoke exclusively to Emanuela Tarizzo, new director of #FriezeMasters, for @thetimes.com, to discover what visitors and collectors can expect from the #artfair: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l... #frieze #friezelondon #artcollecting
A fresh face at Frieze Masters
Emamuela Tarizzo is young, well connected and in tune with a new kind of art buyer. She talks to Louisa McKenzie about taking over London’s biggest art and antiquity fair
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We are delighted to announce that A Material World will be returning for our 6th year of events @warburginstitute.bsky.social. The theme for this year is Encounters. Full programme to be announced soon. #materialculture #arthistory #history #globalhistory
