Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Monday, March 28, 2022

G. F. Watts by G. K. Chesterton

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GK meets GF sounds like the title of one of those mid-twentieth century albums when a producer with an eye for a buck teamed up some ancient...
Thursday, December 2, 2021

Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag

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  Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag was first published in 1961. It is hard in 2020, to accept that this was almost 60 years ago, espec...
Thursday, November 11, 2021

A visit to Casa-Museo Zacarías González, Salamanca

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Zacarías González is not a name that appears in many art books or catalogues. It ’ s not a name that appears on the title tags in many publi...
Saturday, January 16, 2021

Mary Swann by Carol Shields

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I have just completed four years of thinking through a project. There were several false starts, many rejected, some reworked ideas. What I ...
Sunday, October 11, 2020

Costa Blanca Arts Update - Suite Havana, paintings by Anthony Miró in Palau Altea

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Suite Havana is a newly inaugurated exhibition of paintings by Anthony Mir ó, h ung in Palau Altea on Spain ’ s Costa Blanca. It complements...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

Like Life – the catalogue by Luke Syson, Sheena Wagstaff, Emerson Bowyer, and Brinda Kumar

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Like Life was a 2018 sculpture exhibition at New York's Met Breuer Museum. Its catalogue of the same name not only illustrates many of t...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

History of Modern Art by H H Arnason

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   H H Arnason’s History of Modern Art is certainly worth reading. Even if you have no interest in art, you will at least benefit from the...
Monday, September 7, 2020

All Too Human - Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life edited by Elena Crippa

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All Too Human - Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life edited by Elena Crippa is a catalogue for a 2018 exhibition in London’s Tate Gal...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

Costa Blanca Arts Update - Sex on the Beach – sculptures by Antoni Miró in Altea

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Two years ago, artist Antoni Miró exhibited a series of sculptures around Valencia’s old port district. Opinion at the time was divided ...
Monday, August 24, 2020

Self-promotion or self-demotion? An emotional observation.

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I read qu ite a lot. I also try to review each book I read. Sometimes it’s a cursory mention of themes, settings and plot, just enough just ...
Friday, August 7, 2020

Costa Blanca Arts Update - Spanish Brass and Zélia Rocha

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There has not been much opportunity to review arts events of late. I am sure I don’t have to explain why. But over the last few weeks ther...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Gainsborough, A Portrait by James Hamilton

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Gainsborough, A Portrait by James Hamilton is much, much more than a biography of a painter, though if it were only that it would still be ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

The Life of Ezra Pound by Noel Stock

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A review of The Life of Ezra Pound by Noel Stock must begin by acknowledging the phenomenal achievement of its author. It is comprehensive,...