Fake or Fortune, the very popular arts documentary produced by the BBC, and fronted by Phillip Mould and Fiona Bruce, is always a must watch. The programme has successfully revealed the murky world of art in a highly receptive way, flitting as it does between the search for provenance and the detail of forensic study….
Category: Painting of the Month
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…
Guernica – A Basque Item or a Universal Symbol – September Painting of the Month
Madrid has some of the finest paintings in Western History to view. We recently visited the Prado and the Modern and Contemporary collection at Reina Sofia. Both were excellent but the painting that stood out for us was Picasso’s Guernica at the latter. Standing in wonderful isolation with two guards on either side it must…
Guernica – A Basque Item or a Universal Symbol – September Painting of the Month
Madrid has some of the finest paintings in Western History to view. We recently visited the Prado and the Modern and Contemporary collection at Reina Sofia. Both were excellent but the painting that stood out for us was Picasso’s Guernica at the latter. Standing in wonderful isolation with two guards on either side it must…
Velázquez – The Great Magician of Art
Sherborne Art Society is a vibrant forum with a varied season of fine art and art history talks. We had not attended a meeting for one reason or another but were attracted to last weeks talk. Douglas Skeggs was the guest speaker on the subject of Diego Velázquez. With my art history education based on…
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