If the name of the Society of Antiquaries doesn’t smack of exclusivity then I don’t know what does. So imagine my surprise when I discovered that they are open to the public most Fridays in term-time (best to check on their website before visiting just to be sure) We were welcomed in and invited to […]
Places
Philip Guston at Tate Modern
Philip Guston at Tate Modern is a big show, providing me with much-needed insight into the artist. I wasn’t a big fan of his but can now appreciate him more than I did. The child of Russian Jews escaping persecution in Odessa, he was born in 1913 in Canada, the family moving to Los Angeles […]
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504 at the Royal Academy. Post 2 of 2.
In this post the drawings relate to large commissions for both Leonardo and Michelangelo to paint murals on opposite walls of the newly built council chamber, the Sala del Gran Consiglio in Palazzo della Signoria now known as Palazzo Vecchio. Leonardo was given the subject of the Battle of Anghiari ( The Fight for the […]
In the Archive Library at the Royal Academy, London.
The Open House Festival is the chance to see places not normally open to the public. It used to be over a single weekend in September but now spreads over a longer period. One of the places I visited this year was the Archive Library at the Royal Academy on Piccadilly in London. I’ve been […]
Behind the Red Moon – the Turbine Hall commission by El Anatsui at Tate Modern
Behind the Red Moon is the title of El Anatsui’s installation for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. Made of possibly millions of bottle tops and discarded materials all painstakingly attached together with wire and thread, these huge pieces fill the space, dwarfing us humans. The Red Moon, seen as you enter the hall, resembles a billowing […]
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Post 2 of 2.
As stated in my last post, the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize goes on tour around the UK now that it has ended in London. Here are some of the venues listed: Drawing Projects UK (details TBC); The Gallery, Arts University Bournemouth, 16 February to 12 April 2024; The Arts Institute, Plymouth University, 4 May […]