In the first session of Art Out Loud Hannah Rothschild talked about the intellectual origins of her novel The Improbability of Love:  her early experience of museums and galleries, being taught by Francis Haskell, touring the art galleries of Europe with her father and her interest in provenance.   But most of the discussion was about the different ways that people experience pictures in museums and galleries and, most especially, the National Gallery.   Is it because they are moved by the biblical narrative ?  Unlikely.   Is it about the quest for authenticity in a digital world ?   Is it because visitors relate emotionally to what is going on in the picture ?  I was reminded of an experiment at the time of Rembrandt’s 400th anniversary when visitors were asked to describe their experience of the paintings and how varied – and unpredictable – the responses were.