June 2022 – White Box Art Channel

Walter Sickert at Tate Britain

‘Walter Richard Sickert is one of Britain’s most important artists’ – so wrote Charlotte MacDonald in her introduction to a recent (2021) retrospective at Liverpool. Like most art historical criticism important can also mean difficult. Sickert is certainly challenging both in his style and subject matter, which makes this Latest exhibition at the Tate so…

My Visit to Bayeux and the Tapestry

Seeing the Bayeux Tapestry has fulfilled a dream. On of the great works of romanesque secular art, the Tapestry (or more correctly embroidery), tells the story of the events leading up to the Conquest of England in 1066. We visited Bayeux for the first time a few days ago, which is a really wonderful Normandy…

A trip to Bayeux in France to see the Tapestry

My new header image is detail from a frieze at the entrance to the Tapestry Museum in Bayeux in Normandy. The scene depicts Duke William leading his cavalry into the Battle of Hastings, where he defeated Harold Godwinson and claimed the crown of England in 1066. …more to follow!

Château D’Oiron and some Contemporary Art

Château D’Oiron is one of our latest in a long line of sumptuous discoveries in France. The joy of driving around rural France is that a treasure is always just around the corner. Driving from Poitiers to one of our favourite towns, Chinon, yesterday we followed the by-ways, thus discovering this gorgeous building. D’Oiron was…