Category Archives: Art Exhibition

When I visit any specific art exhibition as opposed to just going to a gallery.

Ingen dryck, ingen glass, ingen korv

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Gary

I stood before a room painted in eye watering red. In the centre of the room, a figure kneels, in silent prayer. The figure appears to be that of a young school boy. On the wall in front of the … Continue reading →

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Art, lunch and linen

Posted on July 4, 2024 by Gary

Mirinda loves the British Arts and Crafts movement. We have pieces in our house that owe their existence to the artistic movement. We have visited many British sites in order to bathe in the brilliance that was Arts and Crafts. … Continue reading →

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Express yourself

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Gary

In order to fully take advantage of my short trip to London, I decided I’d go and see the Expressionists exhibition at Tate Modern. And, although it made a long day seem a lot longer, I decided I’d go the … Continue reading →

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Gary loves art

Posted on May 18, 2024 by Gary

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre was the first woman to compose an opera in France and is the first female classical composer I think I’ve heard of. She was born in around 1665 and died in 1729. She was also … Continue reading →

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Prone Pope and the tiny Sistine Chapel

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Gary

Platform 19 is the worst platform at Stockholm Central. Firstly, there are only two benches and people are reduced to perching on metal pipes along the walls. Secondly, it’s the last platform and, when they announce that the platform has … Continue reading →

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Liljevalchs vårsalong 2024

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Gary

There were a dozen people in my t-bana carriage this morning. Eleven of them were looking at their phones. One was reading an actual book. I was looking at my phone to write this note to myself. It’s just an … Continue reading →

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If you break the wrong door down

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Gary

I was walking along Millbank, on my way to Tate Britain when a group of office types walk by me. One guy was talking to the other four people, and he said “If you break the wrong door down…“. That’s … Continue reading →

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Eight women artists

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Gary

Gertrude Hermes, Enid Marx, Evelyn Dunbar, Ithell Colquhoun, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Barbara Jones, Prunella Clough and Monica Poole all share a few things between them. They were all women artists during the 20th century, they were all British and they all … Continue reading →

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Views from Jens’ lens

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Gary

There are two amazing exhibitions currently on at Liljevalchs. One, The Dress Makes the Man, Haute Couture – A New Era, features the collection of fashion of a person called Fredrik Robertsson who not only buys it but wears it … Continue reading →

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Sad and beautiful

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Gary

Karin Broos is an exceptional Swedish artist. She was born in Uppsala and lives in the wonderfully picturesque Värmland. She studied art in the Netherlands, including in ’s-Hertogenbosch, a place I visited for a weekend, back in 2016. As well … Continue reading →

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