Charlotte Mullins

Art Critic, London, UK

Charlotte Mullins is an art critic, writer and broadcaster based in London, UK. She is the art critic for Country Life, and the author of various books, including A Little History of Art (2022) and The Art Isles: A 15,000-Year Story of Art in Britain and Ireland (October 2025).

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Written by Charlotte Mullins

Painting of a group gathered around an orrery, with expressions of curiosity and wonder illuminated by its light.

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In the glow of the candle

Joseph Wright of Derby put science at the centre of his art. Eclipsed in his lifetime, his work still burns with radical ideas

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