Critic, author and art pilgrim Martin Gayford recounts some of the many journeys he has made in the course of a lifetime in pursuit of art.

Martin Gayford is art critic for The Spectator and the author of acclaimed books on Van Gogh, Constable and Michelangelo. He is the author of Man with a Blue Scarf, Rendez-vous with Art and A Bigger Message. He has collaborated with David Hockney on A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney and A History of Pictures, and has co-written a volume of travels and conversations with Philippe de Montebello: Rendez-vous with Art.

Introduction . Being There: 1. Brancusi's Endless Column; 2. In the Land of the Dancing Lord; 3. Marina Abramovic . Predecessors, Rivals, Successors: 4. Cro-Magnon Days; 5. Jenny Saville . Renaissance Masters, Then and Now: 6. Lorenzo Lotto in Loreto; 7. The Sistine Chapel; 8. Jenny Holzer and Leonardo's Lady . Art and Landscapes: 9. Iceland with Roni Horn; 10. Marfa, Texas; 11. Anselm Kiefer . Way Out East: 12. With Gilbert & George in Beijing; 13. Naoshima; 14. Travelling in Chinese Mountains . Slow and Fast Looking: 15. Cartier-Bresson in Paris; 16. Ellsworth Kelly; 17. Robert Frank . Change and Necessity: 18. Gerhard Richter . 19. Robert Rauschenberg