St Albans is not a city one would normally associate with coal mining or the sculptor, Henry Moore. However there is a superb exhibition currently at the St Albans Art Gallery focussing on Moore’s wartime sketches and drawings: Henry Moore – Drawing in the Dark. Henry Moore was primarily a sculptor and his works adorn…
European Stained Glass Window in Dorset
St Andrew’s in Trent is a truly sumptuous parish church on the Dorset and Somerset border not far from Yeovil. It is like a museum of fine art in a parish church and keeps drawing me back. There is a plethora of interesting furnishings from a superbly carved chancel screen (supposedly by the monks of…
Happy Christmas from The White Box
Happy Christmas everyone. My choice this year again evokes the Italian Renaissance. Sandro Botticelli painted The Mystical Nativity around 1500. As well as being a superb piece of art it is also very interesting, telling a somewhat subversive story, for its day, and maybe contributing to the down slide in the artist’s fortunes. When the…
Jadé Fadojutimi at The Hepworth Wakefield.
The Hepworth Wakefield, as regular readers on this site will know, is a personal favourite. Not only does the Gallery bring Barbara Hepworth back to her native Yorkshire with permanent displays and temporary exhibitions, but also has a dynamic programme of other exhibitions. I hope to get back to the gallery in the next few…
Trento and the Palazzo Geremia
The Italian Renaissance usually conjures up thoughts of the beautiful and evocative city of Florence: Masaccio, Donatello, Botticelli, Brunelleschi and the great dome over the Duomo. But, of course, there is more to find in cities and towns away from the traditional haunts. We discovered Trento on our trip through the Brenner Pass on our…
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