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 […]
16th Century portraits at the Society of Antiquaries.
Momentum by White Noise Projects at the Fitzrovia Gallery.
White Noise Projects was founded several years ago by Hanna ten Doornkaat, an artist I’ve already featured in a previous blog. Their latest show, Momentum, was held at the Fitzrovia Gallery. I went to the private view which was so crowded I couldn’t take many photos but this small selection will still give you an […]
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 […]
Body Politic: Antony Gormley at White Cube London
This exhibition, Body Politic by Antony Gormley, was held at White Cube Bermondsey, one of my favourite London galleries. Upon entry you encounter Gormley’s core subject, the human body, abstracted to a collection of blocks. Each of these pieces has a small square opening. He calls it a mouth, a cavity to the interior space. […]
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 […]
Impressionists on Paper at the Royal Academy, London. Post 2 of 2.
This second post takes a slightly different view of Impressionists on Paper: Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec, the exhibition at the Royal Academy in London. Most of my blog posts are about observation and these drawings show some of the detailed study, the background work that now-famous artists have done to hone their craft. Look at the […]