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Konrad Mägi

When I stand up for a pee it’s often in the bushes but yesterday it was at a urinal. There was a sign above. It did not say “We aim to please, You aim too please”; nor did it advertise prophylactics.

High Renaissance

My next book, well that’s a bit misleading as it will be my first book, is going to look at busts and portraits. I have a newly formed theory that sculptors are more generous than artists. Take a look at these two fellers.

Stolpersteine

Tomorrow is Holocaust Memorial Day. The person who may have done most to keep memories of victims alive is German artist Gunter Demnig. Since 1992 he has been placing small square brass plaques (Stolpersteine) on pavements to mark the last place they lived. He says “a person is not forgotten until his or her name… Continue reading Stolpersteine

Omnia Vincit Amor

Love conquers all; one of Virgil’s crispest and subject of much verse and prose. It could be the subtitle of many books by PG Wodehouse.

Pictures in a Picture

Serendipitously, fifteen letters so it fits on a Scrabble board, Apollo Magazine carried an article (by David Weir) about The Leopard yesterday.

Crumbs

This is one of three portraits by Hans Eworth at Tate Britain.

In Bruges

Look at architecture in London and it’s usually easy to roughly guess the date. Likewise much art can be categorised but perhaps not portraiture.

Carnavalet

On Tuesday, a walk past the Centre Pompidou (architects Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini) to Musée Carnavalet.

Renaud and Armide

It was pouring with rain on Sunday morning. I was in Paris with a friend.

Off the Wall

I have supported the National Gallery through a membership for a year. So what’s the verdict?