Moroni: Portrait of an artist
At university, I kept a dog-eared postcard of Giovan Battista Moroni’s painting ‘The Tailor’ stuck in pride of place on the wall …
Albrecht Dürer, Renaissance man
Ask someone to name a great Renaissance artist, and the answers you’ll hear are most likely Italian: Michelangelo, Raphael, Da Vinci, Botticelli. I …
Experiment: Covers!
“Perfume” by Patrick Süskind Ready Steady… Experiment! At akg-images, a large part of a Picture Researcher’s job is working alongside publishers preparing …
Focus on art – Susannah and the Elders
I was listening to an interesting interview the other day about the lack of women artists in major museums and galleries. While …
Muscle men
As the lights came up in the cinema at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy, I turned to my friend sitting next …
Working from home
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” – Blaise Pascal, Pensées With our restless …
Twenty years in London
Last Wednesday, we welcomed some of our friends and clients to the akg offices in London to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of …
Turn around, bright eyes
A week today, the Australian singer/songwriter Sia releases her sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear. You may not recognise Sia’s name, but …
Monochromatic
Last month we shared a photograph on Twitter and Facebook that quickly became our most popular image ever posted on social media. …
Generation War – Our Mothers, Our Fathers – a personal view
As a German living abroad for half my life, I am used to even my closest friends betraying anti-German feelings in jokes …