I went to London yesterday (via Crewe, weird I know to go north to go south but it worked out well) to meet Mort at Simpsons on The strand which was very enjoyable – there is a certain clubbiness about Simpsons, which I had not been to for years, but a chance remark from . . . → Read More: London day out
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I first came across Valette when I was living in Manchester in the early 80’s. H is truly a great artist and go to this exhibition if you can – see the new Media Centre in Salford at eth same time – might even go myself. He could easily be nicknamed "the Manchester Impressionist" . . . → Read More: Adolphe Valette The extraordinary story of how, with very modest means, Herb Vogel, a postal clerk, and his wife Dorothy, a librarian, managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history. Since meeting in the Sixties, the couple have spent the bulk of their incomes on art, snapping up minimalist and . . . → Read More: Herb & Dorothy Vogel This portrait of Erin O’Connor is stunning. I was given a book of Johnny’s portraits by Chris today at his gallerry where he showed me some really fine stuff by Banksy. However, I would love anything by Johnny. A few years ago Mort wrote about the Archibald, it’s an annual exhibition held at the NSW gallery in Sydney. Generally there are about a 100 portraits on display, but there are many more that don’t make it. The packers; the people who unload and display the works have a vote amongst themselves. I . . . → Read More: Archbald As an 18-year-old girl in the long hot summer of 1976 Fiona Walker, then Butler, cheerfully allowed her boyfriend, Martin Elliott, to photograph her knickerless, walking towards a tennis net. Elliott sold the image to Athena, and up it speedily went on the bedroom walls of boys everywhere, becoming one of the world’s . . . → Read More: Great poster Albert Irvin RA, British, born 1922 Greenwich 11 Screenprint – printed in colours, on wove, signed in pencil, dated, titled, framed and numbered 1991 ed 90 76×104 I snapped this up at the . . . → Read More: Bit of blue for the bedroom |
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