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Art Historian and Critic. Exhibition reviews, art historical essays, cultural commentary, travel, architecture...and anything else which comes to mind.
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Art Under Siege (opens the original)
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Another in my occasional series on forgotten or lesser-known artists; in this case the founding-father of British art, William Dobson. Don’t forget to leave a like, comment your thoughts, and share this post!Subscribe nowSir Anthony van Dyck made Charles I look like a king, and that in itself was something approaching a miracle. The pale, skinny, diminutive Scot was hardly the grea
On Dungeness (opens the original)
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I’ve just come back from a trip to Kent and Sussex, during which time I spent an afternoon in England’s only desert and the largest expanse of shingle in Europe; Dungeness. Please don’t forget to leave a like and comment, as well as subscribing which helps support my travels about the country. Subscribe nowAt the most southerly point of Kent a spit of sand and shingle is constantly being formed and reformed by the longsh
Watch: Shock Factor - The Bombshell Movements of Modern Art (opens the original)
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All my writing this currently free for all subscribers, these recordings are a bonus for those who upgrade to a paid subscription.Catch up on my online talk from February 2026! The recordings of my monthly online events are now be available via my Substack for paid subscribers only, as well as being accessible to all ticketholder of the original live Zo… Read more
The Quiet Death of David Hockney (opens the original)
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Some brief thoughts on how the major art historical moment of this summer, the death of David Hockney seemed to slip-by unmarked.If you enjoy reading please remember to leave a like, share, and subscribe for more. Let me know your thoughts on the subject in the comments below! Subscribe nowAt the beginning of this long, hot summer David Hockney OM CH RA died at the age of 88, one of the few truly great living artists passed into history. Even by t
The Painted Mirror (opens the original)
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A short essay on artists, mirrors, and the use of reflection in painting. Please don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe.Subscribe nowIt is an often trotted out cliché that paintings are the mirrors of our lives. Critics and art-writers love to suggest that the worlds shown to us between the edges of the frame are in some way reflections, accurate or distorted, of our own world. Be that the external world of things and places or the internal one of
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