My recent life has been seriously deranged by this book, which is about French painting and painters during the nineteenth century. It’s by Ross King. Never heard of him until I acquired and started to read this book of his, but the loss was entirely mine. (Sounds more like a boxing promotor than an Art … Continue reading A disruptive book about nineteenth century French painting
Christian Michel hosts talks he calls 6/20 talks, because they happen on the 6th and the 20th of the month. And this coming Friday, Jan 6th, I am giving a talk, about politics and aesthetics, and how they interact. This is the email I sent to talk host Christian Michel, about what I will be … Continue reading What I’ll be talking about this coming Friday
Much humour is to be had by modifying a cliché, and something similar applies to photography. The Eiffel Tower features in many photos. The chimney pots of Paris, not quite so much. That was taken on February 2nd 2012, from the Pompidou Centre. I an still stunned by how brilliant my new, cheap computer screen … Continue reading Eiffel Tower with chimney pots – La Défense ditto