Patrick Bade was a Senior Lecturer on Art and Opera at Christie's Education London. He has spoken at and written for the National Gallery London, the British Museum, the V&A, the Royal Opera House and the Royal Academy of Arts, and has also contributed to programmes on BBC Radio 3, Radio 4 and Classic FM.
He leads cultural tours to various European cities, including Vienna, and is the author of several books on 19th and 20th century painting and music including Femme Fatale: Images of Evil and Fascinating Women, and Music Wars, as well as monographs in the Reveries series on Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir and others.
Reviewing Music Wars, Sir David Hare noted that Patrick has ‘A dazzling gift for both hilarious and devastating detail.’