T There are a couple of months still left for art enthusiasts to get down to Hastings Contemporary to spend quality time with two 20th Century artists of note, one originally from Belarus, the other from Ukraine. The current exhibition, ‘Soutine/Kossoff’, juxtaposes the work of Chaim Soutine (1893-1943) with that of Leo Kossoff (1926 – […]
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The Black Square
In my talk about the Art of Resistance (see talks tab above) I devote some time to Malevich’s famous image from the beginning of the 20th Century, The Black Square. There is now an excellent Heni Talk about this picture available on-line given by the Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery Iwona Blazwick. She reflects […]
Russian Roads
V.G. Perov. The Last Inn (1868) Oil on Canvas One of my talks is on the subject of Russian roads. Russia is a big place and even today many roads are not particularly easy to navigate outside the main cities. In the talk I look at many aspects of the idea of rhe road. I […]
Peter the Great at the Queen’s Gallery
Portrait of Peter the Great of Russia by Sir Godfrey Kneller. 1698. This picture of Peter the Great is one of many interesting works that can be seen at the exhibition Russia, Royalty and the Romanovs, currently running at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. The picture features in my talk ‘The Bronze Horseman‘ which tells […]