Marius Kwint

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Breakfast in Bed by Mary Cassatt (1897). Huntington Library

March 12, 2026

Marius Kwint, University of Portsmouth; Alice Sanger, The Open University; Jen Harvie, Queen Mary University of London; Pragya Agarwal, Loughborough University, and Samuel Shaw, The Open University

For Mother’s Day, we asked five experts to share their favourite painting of a mother or maternal figure.

Bank Holiday by William Strang (1912). Tate

February 13, 2026

Yashaswini Chandra, University of Edinburgh; Daniel Fountain, University of Exeter; Emma Barker; Marius Kwint, University of Portsmouth, and Pippa Catterall, University of Westminster

From first dates to sleeping lovers, these are the paintings that have touched the hearts of our experts.