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…
Category: Gallery Visits
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.
Turner Contemporary – Margate
You realise just what a big county Kent is when you try to travel to Margate by train. A High speed train that comes out of St Pancras like a rocket on wheels seems to take for ever to get to the destination. I might say though it was slightly faster than the fish cake…
The Fosse Gallery at Stow
Art Galleries. The presentation of art to the public, either for display or commercial enterprise, or both, is a fundamental aspect of the World of Art and its history. During my recent study at Oxford I wrote no less than three essays around the subject. While this makes me no expert it does mean that…
Future Knowledge at Modern Art Oxford
Back home and back to Modern Art Oxford. The element of modern art I enjoy is the collage of different media and the fact that art should have a message; a conscience. The current exhibition, Future Knowledge is no exception, asking us to make the connection between climate change and the human contribution, seeing the…
White Box Art Channel 