Art Historian & Best-Selling Author
Gijs van Hensbergen
NEWS & EVENTS
Available now: The Sagrada Família
“Intoxicating … instantly engages … Van Hensbergen’s rich, poetic prose is perfectly suited to describe this unprecedented work of art. An engrossing, vivid inquiry into a man and his magisterial creation.”
Kirkus Reviews
'Favourite Books of 2017' - Washington Independent Review of Books
Recent:
Santiago Rusiñol arquetipo de artista moderno - essay : El Cau Ferrat - el ultimo y el primer Zeitgeist
In Our Time, Radio 4 - Picasso's Guernica
99% Invisible - La Sagrada Família
Special Tour - The House of Lords
Gaudi's Sagrada Familia. Gijs and Lara Logan on CBS 60 Minutes re-released.
In conversation with John Richardson, Picasso: Passions and Politics
Ertegun House, University of Oxford
Perspectives: Portillo on Picasso, interview with Gijs van Hensbergen
For Gijs' fascinating and interactive Guernica guide on the BBC
"'A meticulously constructed biography."
New Statesman
"Terrifically stirring…A gripping firsthand account of Gaudi’s power to melt the mind."
The New York Times
“Van Hensbergen’s GUERNICA is a revelation.”
Sir John Richardson, author of A life of Picasso