A farmer's protest, published online 4 December in The New European. (In print 5 December 2024).

A farmer’s protest - The New European

For any parent not happy with their child's choice of career, read how Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574) aged around twelve, dropped the milk pail and a farmer's life to become one of the most important Netherlandish painters of the 16th century.

On carousel: One half of Maarten van Heemskerck's St Luke Painting the Madonna, 1532, (image copyright Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands). And, the painting as one work, found to be two separate works during restoration (image copyright Frans Hals Museum). St Luke is painting and behind him is Heemskerck, in a self-portrait as the god of inspiration.

Monet in London online in The Arbuturian, 30 October 2024. If you are in London, this is an exhibition worth seeing.

Read about Monet and the exhibition here.

Monet in London | The Arbuturian

on carousel: 

1)'Waterloo Bridge, Gray Weather', 1900, oil on canvas, copyright: Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY/ Scala, Florence (detail)

2) 'London, The Houses of Parliament, Shaft of Sunlight in the Fog, 1904 , oil on canvas, copyright  Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Photo © Grand Palais RMN ( Musée d’Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowsk (detail)

'Selling Vincent: How Van Gogh's sister-in-law let go of his work and cemented his legend'

In The New European newspaper, issue #402, August 29-September 4, 2024, in EUROFILE, pp.31-35: Selling Vincent: How Van Gogh's sister-in-law let go of his work and cemented his legend' a feature on Vincent van Gogh, and sister in law Jo van Gogh-Bonger, which relates to an exhibition on Van Gogh at the National Gallery, London (until 19 January 2025) The New European online and print.

Selling Vincent - The New European

Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers, National Gallery

On carousel: 

1) Sunflowers 1888 (detail), Vincent van Gogh, © The National Gallery, London

2) The world's largest 'painting' of Sunflowers, 1888, in progress, growing in a field between Zundert and Etten-Leur, Brabant, the birthplace of Vincent van Gogh, and where Vincent used to walk. Image copyright and courtesy of photographer Leo Dekkers 2024.

More details see  https://www.vangoghnationalpark.com/nl/homepage

A Barbie Fest at the Design Museum

Published online in The Arbuturian on August 17, a feature on the latest exhibition at the Design Museum in Kensington, London: 'Barbie®:The Exhibition' (until 23 February 2025). It's a chance to channel your inner Barbie and Ken, and see Barbie No.1 produced in 1959. She has her 65th anniversary this year. Read it here:

A Barbie Fest at The Design Museum | The Arbuturian

On carousel Barbie No.1, 1959 (detail) image © Mattel Inc,.