It has been over 2 years since I visited Paris and for the first time I was able to see public art without crowds of tourists all over the place. I know it’s bad for business but I did enjoy the quiet in these almost deserted public spaces. Les Deux Plateaux installation by Daniel Buren […]
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Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty at Dulwich Picture Gallery
I had been meaning to visit this Helen Frankenthaler show at Dulwich Picture Gallery since it opened several months ago and finally made it. It’s a hugely impressive exhibition which I highly recommend. Low lighting levels and the use of reflective glass made it hard to get more than a hint of the work so […]
Francis Bacon: Man and Beast at the Royal Academy (post 2 of 2)
I really hadn’t planned to write 2 posts on this Royal Academy exhibition, Francis Bacon: Man and Beast but there was just too much for one and I really wanted to include these images. The simply framed larger-than-life triptychs are magnificent against dark walls and you can get really close up to look at the […]
Francis Bacon: Man and Beast at the Royal Academy (post 1 of 2)
This much-delayed show, Francis Bacon: Man and Beast now open at the Royal Academy, was always going to be a blockbuster and I have to admit it lives up to the hype. The dominant impression was always going to be dislocation and suffering but I found elements of affection, tenderness and humour too, something you […]
Life Between Islands at Tate Britain
I wasn’t expecting Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now, currently on at Tate Britain, to be as large as it was so give yourself plenty of time to take it all in. Here are just a few snaps of work I connected with – as ever, too much to include in a one-minute […]
Dürer’s Journeys at the National Gallery
Many of us are familiar with Albrecht Dürer’s drawings and engravings and this exhibition, Dürer’s Journeys, at the National Gallery gives us plenty of those. It’s interesting though to see more of his paintings as he wanted to be recognised as a painter as well as an engraver. It’s the same old story – you […]