“As a result of John Updike’s efforts, every school there will shortly receive 20 double-sided posters. On each side will be a reproduction of an artwork. Taken together, these 40 images are intended to trace the history of painting in the US. The campaign has not been without controversy. It strikes me that Updike’s central idea – providing 40 reproductions of paintings, free, to the nation’s schools – is needed urgently in Britain.”