Nigel Konstam provides an alternative view of the sculpting techniques of the ancient Greeks, with a focus on the controversial view that they employed plaster and wax to make moulds taken from living people - known as "life casting".
This practice is highly frowned upon in art and art history circles, but Konstam aims to prove that this is a modern taboo, and certainly not above the most legendary of ancient artists.
Nigel Konstam demonstrates that some of the Elgin Marbles are most likely to be Roman replacements (from the time of Hadrian) of the Greek originals. The evidence comprises archaeological and aesthetic factors which Nigel demonstrates in a "Tour of the Elgin Marbles".
Nigel Konstam in a BBC interview in 1976 shortly after he made his first Rembrandt discoveries.
Two Rembrandt paintings of the same subject compared. One has been deattributed, but Nigel Konstam demonstrates that they are drawn from the same group of models in the studio.
Beautiful drawing by Rembrandt attributed to Bol
Nigel demonstrates the beauty and brilliance of these underrated drawings
Please Note that while Sir Nicholas Serota retired in 2017, the points in this video about the current state of art remain prescient.