Arts and Travel writer, art critic; author of books on art, artists, and art movements.
Latest book published
Hans Holbein: His Life and Works in 500 Images, Lorenz Books- Anness Publishing, 2022
Latest online review: Extinction Beckons at The Hayward Gallery published 27 March in The Arbuturian
On Header Installation view of Mike Nelson, Triple Bluff Canyon (the woodshed), 2004. Various materials. M25, 2023. Found tyres. Photo_ Matt Greenwood. Courtesy the artist and the Hayward Gallery
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Whorled (Here After Here After Here), at Somerset House, London, published 13 March in The Arbuturian
On header: Whorled (Here After Here After Here) Image copyright David Parry (PA)
This month: writing a book, writing features, travelling.
To: Paris - March; Venice - April
ART:
In MAY issue of Artists & Illustrators - out now - two features: 'After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art' pp.42-47(National Gallery exhibition opens 25th March 2023) ; and 'The mystical worlds of Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian' pp.54-59 (Tate Modern exhibition, opens 20 April 2023).
On header: details of opening double pages of 'After Impressionism' ; and Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian' '
In the APRIL issue Artists & Illustrators 'Vermeer', pp48-53, on the artist & the Vermeer retrospective at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (on until 4 June 2023)
On header: opening double page 'Vermeer' - At left -magazine front cover
TRAVEL:
AMSTERDAM & DELFT &THE HAGUE
with Holland Tourism https://www.holland.com
Rijksmuseum to preview Vermeer retrospective;
Museum Prinsenhof Delft, to see 'Vermeer's Delft' exhibition; Link to The Arbuturian online to find Vermeer in Delft published 26 February 2023
And on to The Hague and the Mauritshuis, for 'My Girl with a Pearl' exhibition.
On Header: One of the fabulous 'My Girl with a Pearl' artworks. Images copyright Mauritshuis The Hague.
On Header: Vermeer's 'View of Delft' c.1659-61. Image copyright Museum Prinsenhof Delft
ART & TRAVEL
Read A Passion for Durer in The Arbuturian a review (5 February 2023) of 'Illustrating the World: Woodcuts in the Age of Durer' at The Holburne Museum, Bath, Somerset (on until 23 April 2023) and a visit to Bath's places-to-stay too.
On header: Detail from the 'Great Passion' series, 1511, by the Nuremberg-born artist Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) © Holburne Museum, Bath
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