I have updated my Painting of the Month to add a bit of Christmas spirit to the blog. My December / January painting for you to enjoy is the fifteenth century Italian altarpiece by Gentile da Fabriano; The Adoration of the Magi, which is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Select the “Painting of the…
Author: whats in the white box
I am a student at University Oxford in Art History. I have an eclectic taste in Fine Art ranging from Medieval to post modern and enjoy painting, sculpture and architecture. I am now retired having had careers in Coal Mining, Water Supply and Construction.
Tate Liverpool – Fernand Léger
Fernand Léger and Liverpool seem such good companions. Léger, the great twentieth century avant-garde artist and Liverpool, home of the Beatles and the sixties cultural revolution. Although Léger died in 1955 you feel he would have been absolutely at home in that great artistic decade where, if you did not know better, you would have…
New Name
Hi all regulars and new readers alike. I have rebranded the site slightly and also adopted a new name. I think White Box Art Channel reflects more the commentary aspect of the blog, rather than a dibble about in a new ideas tub. Hopefully its original aims are retained; that of commenting on historical and…
New Painting to Enjoy
There is a new “Painting to Enjoy” Pierre Auguste Renoir, The Dance at Bougival, 1883, The Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts. We have happy memories of a round the world trip culminating in Boston to view this lovely painting.
World Record Hockney
David Hockney, celebrated British modern artist, painting has been sold at Christie’s in New York for just over $90m (£70m) – an auction record for a work by a living artist. Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) had been forecast to fetch $80m (£62m).
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