Will Gompertz

Embrace your inner Picasso - wisdom and smart thinking from Da Vinci to Ai Weiwei. Why do some people seem to find it easy to come up with fresh, brilliant ideas? And how do they turn them into something worthwhile? After spending years getting up close and personal with some of the world's greatest creative thinkers, the BBC's Arts Editor...

For the sceptics, the art lovers, and the five million of us who visit the Tate every year – the funniest, liveliest and most accessible history of modern art ever written, by the BBC Arts Editor. What is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? Join Will...

The internationally bestselling author 'offers a tidy lesson in not just getting more from art, but more from life itself' The Times. Artists have learnt to pay attention. The rest of us spend most of our time on auto-pilot, rushing from place to place, our overfamiliarity blinding us to the marvellous, life-affirming phenomena of our world. But that doesn't have...

The internationally bestselling author on how art can help us appreciate life in all its strange and exhilarating beauty. Artists have learnt to pay attention. The rest of us spend most of our time on auto-pilot, rushing from place to place, our overfamiliarity blinding us to the marvellous, life-affirming phenomena of our world. But that doesn't have to be the...