The second exhibition I visited during my recent trip to London was the Lucien Freud show at the National Gallery. It was a curious experience not the least because I ended up having to revise quite considerably my estimation of his work. I have always been an admirer of Freud, and I think that the … Read more
Yesterday I spent time in the exhibition of Gauguin portraits at the National Gallery in London. I’m not entirely sure what persuaded me to take in this particular show, but I’m glad that I did. I came out puzzling over a very different view of him from the one with which I started. The early … Read more
My communication over the next few days might be rather uncertain. My wife and I will be making one of our “raids” on London. Both of us are interested in seeing the William Blake exhibition at the Tate Gallery, and I will be taking in the Gauguin portraits at the National Gallery. These visits are … Read more
Yesterday I made one of my intermittent “raids” on London in order to take in a couple of galleries. The contrast between these two experiences was really quite startling and could not have been chosen better in order to illustrate the way in which art changes, along with the way in which people view it. … Read more