A review of Francis Bacon: Man and Beast, on at the Royal Academy. A thought-provoking angle through which to explore Bacon’s work. Francis Bacon: Man And Beast Francis Bacon: Man and Beast is an exhibition which, for me, ticks a lot of boxes. The premise is very interesting, and is a good angle through which […]
A lot of pre-Roman and Roman history to explore at Verulamium Museum, including some of the best mosaics outside the Mediterranean. The museum is just one part of a Roman day out in modern St Albans. A Short History of Verulamium The Roman city of Verulamium lies almost, but not quite, under the modern city […]
A review of Jock McFadyen: Tourist Without A Guidebook at the Royal Academy in London. A mostly unpeopled London illuminates, like lockdown, the beauty and banality of our urban spaces. Jock McFadyen, RA Jock McFadyen was born in Scotland in 1950, moving to England aged 15 in 1966. He has a plethora of shows behind […]
During a recent and brief trip to Paris, I took in two exhibitions on artists I was not at all familiar with. The first was on František Kupka, and the second, at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, was a retrospective of the work of Jean Fautrier. Whereas, if you go to a […]
