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Ron Mueck at Fondation Cartier, Paris
“I never made life-size figures because it never seemed to be interesting. We meet life-size people every day.” - Ron Mueck Mueck's work...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Aug 17
- 1 min
Thomas J Price at the V&A, London
“Mum, look - this one looks like you!" I turned around and saw an African American boy who can't have been older than 6 or 7 excitedly...
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- Aug 15
- 1 min
Isaac Julien “What freedom is to me” at Tate Britain, London
"His works tell important stories, prioritising aesthetics, poetry, movement and music as modes of communication." (from the exhibition...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Aug 6
- 2 min
Titian's Sacra Conversazione at Fondazione Magnani-Rocca
They call it the Villa of the Masterpieces for good reason. The Fondazione Magnani-Rocca 's collection boasts a Titian of such sublime...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jul 31
- 1 min
Andreas Gursky: Visual Spaces of Today - MAST Foundation, Bologna
"I do see myself as a chronicler. My pictures try to encapsulate our time." - Andreas Gursky Whatever he sees himself as, Andreas Gursky...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Feb 19
- 1 min
One year of war in Ukraine
It's coming up to the 1st anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2021. The media have reported that Russia is...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Alice Neel: Un regard engagé at Centre Pompidou, Paris
"I do not pose my sitters. Before painting, when I talk to the person, they unconsciously assume their most characteristic pose, which in...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Feb 9
- 2 min
Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel at The Curve, London
There are exhibitions that touch you somewhere deep inside. Far from merely delighting you visually, they grab you by the hand and they...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jan 21
- 1 min
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at Tate Britain, London
In my mind, a portrait is the depiction of an actual person, someone who has lived. Their portrait was made so their story could be told...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jan 7
- 1 min
Venini: Luce 1921-1985 at Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice
Writing a review of a show the day before it closes is probably nonsensical, not too mention a tad unfair. I must, however, pay tribute...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
Simone Leigh's Sovereignty at the U.S. Pavilion, Venice Biennale
"I like the idea of thinking of femininity as something solid and enduring rather than always something fragile and weak." - Simone Leigh...
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- Nov 14, 2022
- 1 min
Robert Capa at Mudec, Milan
"I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life." - Robert Capa (1913-1954) Alas, Capa's hopes were destined to...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
Overlooked and underrated: Bologna's Renaissance.
Eclipsed by Ferrara's and crushed between Venice's and Florence's, Bologna's Renaissance art fails to garner the attention and...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Sep 7, 2022
- 2 min
Albrecht Dürer and history's first selfie
“I, Albrecht Dürer of Nuremberg portrayed myself in appropriate colours aged twenty-eight years”. In painting himself like Christ the...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Aug 14, 2022
- 2 min
The issue of (female) ageing
You know when you're having a conversation with a friend and the following day you read something that exactly echoes your thoughts...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jul 22, 2022
- 1 min
Remembering David Wojnarowicz, artist and activist (1954–1992)
"One of the strongest feelings I have about death is that it's a time when the energy we carry is dispersed and becomes a part of...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jul 16, 2022
- 1 min
Donatello at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
If there is an equivalent of Zoom fatigue for art shows, I 100% suffer from it. The ridiculous speed at which I move from one room to the...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
Domenichino's Sibilla Cumana at Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
Being inside an empty museum at night might well be the ultimate art lover's fantasy. Apart from not having to share the space with herds...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jun 12, 2022
- 1 min
Gates of Turan, Firouz FarmanFarmaian at the Venice Biennale
Sometimes the Venice Biennale takes you places you'd never dream of going to. A decision to escape the mad crowds of San Marco and take...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jun 8, 2022
- 1 min
In memoriam: Paula Rego (1935 - 2022)
Paula Rego died today. The art world has lost one of the greats. I'm so glad I got to see her some of her work one more time at the...
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