I’m definitely going to this. I’ve long been a fan of Gaudier-Brzeska, initially coming to him through Pound and Wyndham Lewis. Likewise Epstein. But most of all I’m looking forward … more →
The Idiot and The Doglibbydoe wrote 3 weeks ago: Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2 by Marcel Duchamp 1912 In 1909, with the first Cubist show in th … more →
LW wrote 1 month ago: Via friend P deV, the “obscure unit of the week: Bohr magnetons per angstrom”… In … more →
tomwootton wrote 1 month ago: I’m definitely going to this. I’ve long been a fan of Gaudier-Brzeska, initially coming … more →
tomwootton wrote 2 months ago: I assume you were looking for a suitable cheese to have with a wine from the Guicciardini-Strozzi es … more →
cllrmarkbennett wrote 4 months ago: I went to take a look at the Futurism exhibition at Tate Modern yesterday, via a visit to Marks and … more →
Ron Pavellas wrote 5 months ago: A friend recommended I read Hemingway’s A Movable Feast. No one I knew locally had the book, so I or … more →
versouk wrote 6 months ago: The centenary of Futurism is due to be commemorated in a groundbreaking exhibition, Futurism, at the … more →
pensum wrote 6 months ago: [Guardian] The futurists were fighters. They revelled in provocation – “the pleasure of … more →
stevenhartwriter wrote 6 months ago: Next month brings the world an expanded edition of A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway’s look b … more →
bloomsburyinteriors wrote 8 months ago: Charleston Lamps This base is inspired by a lamp at Charleston Farmhouse. The cylindrical base is re … more →
robbwindow wrote 1 year ago: Truth is often difficult to understand, and the fact is I admittedly said the truth was what I sort … more →
Serena Trowbridge wrote 1 year ago: In between getting Russian visas yesterday, I popped into the National Portrait Gallery to have a lo … more →
fitzroycyclonic wrote 1 year ago: When I was about five or six, nothing produced a greater feeling of dread than a Mervyn Peake illust … more →
fitzroycyclonic wrote 1 year ago: In theory lectures put on for the public are a great idea, in practice normal people like you and I … more →
fugitive ink wrote 5 years ago: Notwithstanding its formidable collection of modern Italian art (the best in the British Isles), its … more →
carlpackman wrote 5 months ago: First posted November 13 2008 The years between 1912 and 1915 were important in the history of Briti … more →