British Art Studies is an innovative space for new peer-reviewed scholarship on all aspects of British art.

Issue 26 – May 2025

Black and white photograph depicting a person working at a drafting table. The individual is placing materials on a large sheet of paper under the illumination of an adjustable desk lamp. The workspace is cluttered with drafting tools and papers, suggesting an active, creative environment. The background features additional office supplies and decor, indicating a design or artistic studio setting. — Samuel Bibby, video showing sixteen photographs of Camerawork’s production (dithered detail) (London: Bishopsgate Institute Archive), 2024 Digital images courtesy of Bishopsgate Institute Archive (all rights reserved).

EDITORIAL

Redesigning British Art Studies

By Editorial Group

ARTICLE

“If the Spirit of the Original Is to Be Retained”: Ways of Seeing Camerawork

By Samuel Bibby

ARTICLE

Between the Easel and the Mural: Ben Nicholson’s Large Abstract Panel Paintings for Modern Public Interiors in Early Cold War Britain

By Robert Burstow

ARTICLE

“Your Most Obedient and Faithful Servant”: Peregrine Tyam and the Representation of Black Sitters in Early Modern British Portraiture

By Hannah Lee

ARTICLE

Gavin Stamp and the Tradition of the Activist-Scholar in Architectural History

By Joshua Mardell

LOOK FIRST

Family Matters: A Closer Look at Frank Bowling’s Middle Passage Paintings

By Grace Aneiza Ali