Renato Guttuso: pictor diabolicus, “devilish painter”?

I was introduced to the work of Renato Guttuso back in 1996, when Whitechapel Gallery in London exhibited some of

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The Sum of all Evil (2012-13), an installation by the Chapman Brothers

In London’s idyllic Sackler Gallery one can see on display the Chapman Brothers’ masterpiece “The Sum of all Evil” (December

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Aphrodite (Venus), Pan and Eros: A sculpture in the National Archaelogical Museum of Athens

A sculpture of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros, exhibited in the National Archaelogical Museum of Athens, in Greece, is the subject

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The diasappearance of the body from the work of Sarah Lucas

I recently visited a gallery in London, where works by Sarah Lucas are exhibited. I have written about Sarah Lucas

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1001 Ways to Die (12) – Alvaro Mutis Jaramillo, Colombian, Writer and Poet

Alvaro Mutis Jaramillo, one of my absolute favorite writers of all times, died on Sunday 22 September 2013 in Mexico City,

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Given the existence …..of a personal God…. tennis … the stones … so calm … Cunard … unfinished . . .

Introduction Dermot Moran believes that “Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906–89) is the most philosophical of twentieth-century writers.” His characters exult in endless, pointless,

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Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski) revisited

Parenthesis: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has a Balthus Exhibition “Cats and Girls“(September 25, 2013–January 12, 2014). 

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Death and the Maiden: from Munch to Abramovic

Some time ago I wrote about one of the most stunning and moving themes in the work of Edward Munch: The

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Panathinaeos Paintings III: Boats

My good friend Elaine reminded me that I have no comprehensive collection of my paintings on the web, and so

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The Crouching Venus at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London

Some time ago I wrote about “A crouching Aphrodite in London“, a sculpure I saw at the British Museum. It

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