Linz is the location for my building of the month for September. Linz is a city on the Danube which is vying for tourist attention and trying to compete with Salzburg and has been establishing itself as a centre for Modern Art. There is much development taking places in the city centre, along the Danube…
Category: Gallery Visits
Jan Van Eyk’s Madonna with Joris Van Der Paele in Bruges
The Groeningemuseum is not to be found on the main tourist itineraries in Bruges but well worth the visit. It is a small collection mainly of art from this part of Flemish Belgium set in nine galleries. These rooms take you from the fourteenth century to the twentieth century. I must admit, however, to having concentrated…
The Bayeux Tapestry – the Final Act
The Bayeux Tapestry. Those that have followed this site for a few years know that I have a love of this great Romanesque work of art. They will also recognise my admiration for the nineteenth century English copy in Reading Museum. Having some spare time in Reading recently I revisited the tapestry and was pleasantly…
Jenny Holzer – September Painting of the Month
Jenny Holzer, born in New York in 1950, is a challenging artist who uses words as her medium. We have seen her work in the Guggenheim in Bilbao, and more recently at MACA, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Alicante. Hence my second painting of the month for September. inflammatory Essays, typical of Holzer’s public…
The Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid
The Golden Triangle in Madrid, a UNESCO World Heritage site, comprises the Prado, and the nearby Thyssen-Bornemisza – Bornemisza Museum, and the Museo Reina Sofia, containing Picasso’s Guernica. We spent most of our visit in the Prado, which has, reputably, the finest collection of European art in the world. It is a huge collection which…
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