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Everyone knows about ‘blurb‘ – the promotional material, often by way of endorsement by well-known fellow professionals ( or just very famous folk ), found on the covers of books and the posters for films or plays. It’s European origins are … Continue reading
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The oleanders are still blooming. The sky is pure blue. Not as deep an azure as at high summer perhaps, but blue nonetheless, against the white-washed walls, as the shutters are opened in the morning. At latitude 36 degrees, N, the … Continue reading
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People who happened to live in or visit London during Autumn 2014 were fortunate enough to be able to see exhibitions of three remarkable masters – Rembrandt, Constable and Turner – at the National, the V & A and the Tate Galleries respectively. I went … Continue reading
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Frank Auerbach (1931 – ) has lived and worked in North London, painting the people and urban landscapes near his studio in Mornington Crescent since the fifties. Born in Berlin but shipped to the UK in 1939, aged seven, by his parents … Continue reading
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One of my favourite short stories is ‘The Real Thing’ by Henry James, a tale about an artist and his models that is also about surface and depth, appearance and reality. Authenticity. I thought about it recently when visiting one … Continue reading
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