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  • The Last Of Baselitz
    I went to the opening of Back Again, the final exhibition of work by Georg Baselitz, who died earlier this year. Note that most of these canvases are very large (463cm x 304cm) and so very tall above the viewer. In South Gallery: In the corridor: In 9x9x9: In North Gallery, all (2025): South Gallery… Read more: The Last Of Baselitz
  • Control Of The Passes
    I finally got around to watching Mrs Wilson (2018), the BBC drama centred on the life of Alison Wilson. In 1963 her husband Alexander Wilson – author of many popular spy and detective novels in the 1930s – died, and she soon discovered that he hadn’t dissolved his marriage to a previous wife, who turned… Read more: Control Of The Passes
  • Fold Plane Limit Effect
    We went to Somerset House to see the new exhibition of old work by M.C.Escher. Escher, like Dali and Magritte and I suppose Francis Bacon, has a distinct brand identity with widely-known and recognised works that are mass-reproduced, quoted, referenced and sometimes parodied. Unlike the others, I don’t think he is exactly classified or discussed… Read more: Fold Plane Limit Effect