Monthly Archives: November 2016

At the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris for the ‘Icons of Modern Art’ exhibition. It is incredible that one man could have built such a collection as Sergei Shchukin and it must have been devastating to lose it when it … Continue reading →

At the Musée d’Orsay, Paris for the exhibition ‘Frédéric Bazille: The Youth of Impressionism’. Bazille was a key figure at the birth of Impressionism, but he died tragically at the age of only 28 during the Franco-Prussian War. Frédéric Bazille … Continue reading →

At the Louvre in Paris to view the Italian and Northern Renaissance collections. Giotto ‘Saint Francis receiving the Stigmatization’ (c.1295 – 1300) Fra Angelico ‘Coronation of the Virgin’ (c.1430 – 32) Paolo Uccello ‘The Battle of San Romano’ (c.1435 – 40) … Continue reading →

R.I.P Leonard Cohen, who has died aged 82.   I was introduced to his music when I was a teenager by the wonderful ‘Songs of Leonard Cohen’ album and to his writing by his novel ‘Beautiful Losers’. I was lucky … Continue reading →