Istanbul is a city we have been meaning to visit for years and we finally arrived a few days ago. But what to write about. The architecture of the old city is amazing from the Byzantine Hagia Sofia to the seventeenth century Blue Mosque. But I have chosen the Museum of Modern Art a few…
Category: Gallery Visits
Maurice de Vlaminck, The Fauve at Chartres
Chartres is a city, some sixty miles west of Paris, that we have visited a number of times and we were there again this summer. It is a busy vibrant place and known the world over for its magnificent gothic cathedral, Notre Dame de Chartres. Like many buildings of the time its predecessor was consumed…
Sean Keating at The National Gallery in Dublin
Art has a significant role to play in pricking the conscience of society. In a recent visit to The National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin we saw this provocative painting by Sean Keating. It is my painting of the month for July. An Allegory was painted in 1924 when Keating was at the height of his career…
Goldworks at Somerton in Somerset
Gold paint on graph paper. Every now and then some art work completely surprises me, taking me aback with its originality, technical ability and emotional quality. We visited Somerton, the old county town of Somerset and found the Art Gallery. The building itself is quite evocative being built, originally, in the sixteenth century as a…
The Museum Ludwig in Cologne
The Hohenzollern Bridge carries the main railway and foot passengers across the Rhine in the centre of Cologne in Germany. Looking across the river the panorama includes the bridge, the railway station and the magnificent gothic cathedral. Nestled in the middle of this group of great buildings is the Museum Ludwig. It is home to…
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