The Bayeux Tapestry has finally arrived in the United Kingdom. After a few years of debate and uncertainty the historic loan has been realised. It was delivered overnight to the British Museum last week amidst high security. This all follows an historic agreement between France, promoted by President Macron, and the British Government. The 70-metre-long…
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Barbara Hepworth at St Ives
Barbara Hepworth, despite being born in West Yorkshire, is synonymous with St Ives, living in that West Cornish town for thirty five years from the outbreak of the Second World War. She was already an established sculptor by then and a pioneer of British abstract art. She set up her studio, Trewyn, in 1949 in the centre…
The Istanbul Modern
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…
Sandro Botticelli and The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus could be regarded as one of the most iconic paintings in Western Art, but is not without controversy. I have chosen it as my painting of the month for January for a number of reasons. Firstly it is also iconic for its representation of a new beginning; Venus appears from the sea at…
Happy Christmas from White Box Art
Not quite Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, but nevertheless my Christmas painting for this year. I have always wandered how things of great beauty can become so commercial and, dare I say tacky. And this poor beast has suffered this fate over the years. Sir Edward Landseer already had a reputation for painting and sculpture…
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