Gauguin Portraits – National Gallery
The Guardian reviewer was disappointed in the new Gauguin exhibition at the National Gallery – he was “frustrated” (his word) …
Category Archives: Art
Portrait the artist as a young woman
The Danish Girl (2015) is based loosely on the true story of husband and wife artists Einar and Gerda Wegener. …
Civilizations – never mind the quality
I’ve only seen the first episode of the BBC’s much-heralded Civilizations and, whilst it was good visually, there was no depth …
On reflection
Reflective surfaces are, I suppose, the echo chambers of light and a reflection can be both faithful to the original …
What do you see?
Where to start? Much to my surprise, I found myself in the middle of the Reflections: Van Eyck and the Pre-Raphaelites …
Imaging the Divine
Alan Bennett has made an unexpected, if welcome, contribution to my artistic uneducation – there’s a nice seam of art …
Uneducation
“Uneducation”, according to something I read somewhere recently – and which I can’t now find – is a newish concept, …
Do you recognise this face?
Drawing is one of those things that I’ve always sort of wanted to but never quite got round to. Partly …
Free to speak
There’s a lot in the news at the moment about people trying to stop other people expressing a point of …
Through Indian eyes
Old Traditions, New Visions, is a bit of a departure from the exquisitely detailed prints that usually grace the Oriental …
