Giovanni Bellini, The Dudley Madonna

Book Review.  By Giuseppe Marasco Bellini is one of the most celebrated and influential Italian artists. Venetian. Pioneering portrayal of natural light. Dürer thought him the best of all artists. popularizer of the “eyewitness” style. The most famous work of his in England was the Doge Leonardo Loredan  at the National Gallery. The past tense is…

Movember Hulk

Old Pal. Had the Genius to grow a Hulk Hogan Tash for Movermber. All to him for sticking to it. Most extraordinary result!

Lost – Have you seen the Prime Minster?

Generally reported to be quite nice, but doesn’t really do much. Have you seen the Prime Minster? He was last seen looking lost and confused and fumbling over the Leveson Inquiry. Very odd, dismissing the recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry. One thing is press freedoms, the other is the character, tone and treatment of the…

An Ad Agency Asked. Answering in Reply.

Ad  Agencies ask all sorts of questions. Mostly to feel good.  In that it gives them the illusion that there was a process of some kind. Having a bit of security like that, a script of sorts to hang onto. Must make the interviewing easier. As interviewer and interviewees lock eyes. And the silent scream…

Life of Munari

Italian artist and designer, who contributed fundamentals to many fields of Visual arts (painting, sculpture, film, industrial design, graphic design) and non visual arts (literature, poetry).  Showing at the Estorick Collection, the exhibition reveals the full richness of Munari’s playful, irreverent and endlessly creative career. Showing til the 23rd of December. exhibitions http://www.estorickcollection.com/exhibitions/

One very angry Butterfly!

Scientists are currently in a mad dash to find out what so upset The Butterfly so as to produce the  Frankenstorm that battered East Coast America yesterday night. As yet there are little reports on the species of said Butterfly. The public are invited to send in their artist’s sketches.

In Abstratto – Italians Do it Better

In Abstratto – A must-see show, extraordinarily heterogenous and dynamic life in paint-collection and outlook. The idiosyncratic and the unique. A Wonder Room of over 50 Abstract Italian artists. To open up a catalogue from the MoMa, Guggenheim and so on is to see just how much of the history of modern art has been written…