In My View features art from the fifteenth to the mid-twentieth century, often supplemented with work by the selecting artists themselves.Some provide unusual reflections on familiar figures from the past – such as Rachel Whiteread on Piero della Francesca, Chuck Close on Vermeer, or Eija-Liisa Ahtila on Picasso. Some contributors have selected lesser-known artists – from Francesco Clemente on Henry Fuseli to Tomma Abts on Itō Jakuchū –
revealing surprisingly strong private passions.The stories show the challenges, provocations and revelations that can be found when one artist looks closely at the work of another.