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A snapshot of a gallery

04.17.10 // art // (0)

Here’s a nice idea. A photo of every painting on display last Saturday at New York’s Museum of Modern Art:

If Sewell hates you, you’ve probably got something right

03.02.07 // art // (0)

Brian Sewell, art critic and professional anachronism, is deeply unimpressed by my wife’s exhibition at the V&A. (I would offer a link but his column appears to be held back from the website in a bid to make you buy the Evening Standard.)
A savaging from Sewell is something of a badge of honour. He is, [...]

The green lady

09.05.06 // art // (0)

From Tim at Cultural Snow comes the news that Vladimir Tretchikoff has died. Tretchikoff was hardly a household name but anyone who lived in Britain during the 1970s will have seen his most famous work:

The painting was made in 1950 but, says Wikipedia, it became world famous when it was made into a print in [...]