Renaissance Utterances

'suspended' It has been an orgy of art since I arrived back in London just over a week ago. Russian/Communism inspired exhibitio...

Brest Maritime International Festival I am currently living in Atlantic Wharf on the banks of London’s Thames, and September’s Totally T...

Many high profile reviews of Beyond Caravaggio have criticised it because it only contains six works by the master himself. However as the e...

Waiting. We sit on the island content to wait. Waiting weeks for the moon to be in the right quarter so we can fish. Waiting months for t...

There was a spell in the not so distant past where I did a module on  exhibiting the body as part of my MA in History of Art. It was one ...

Eleanor Morgan It's been my intention to write and record something about glass for a while now, primarily looking at it from a comb...

Cursed Crew (2013) I took my new language on an artistic field trip to Wandsworth on Tuesday evening. Kristin Hjellegjerde's gallery...

Can't resist this mirror So this is it. The concluding session of the Dresden Conference on Cabinets of Curiosity. That two day eve...

Sometimes the unintended visits to a place turn out to be the highlights. Although I am here in Dresden on another mission entirely, the...

The Elector of Saxony’s wire drawing bench (1565) is an extremely complicated piece of art and technology which remains relatively unknown...

Too many lectures not enough art was the verdict yesterday. With the coming of the darkness, rather than listening to words, it was time ...

I'm on the cusp of handing in my dissertation and to both my delight and dismay, I'm still finding potentially relevant interestin...

Storm clouds gathering Apparently some small world events have broken out whilst I've been studying. Thankfully my work enables me r...

High definition colour feels like an entirely modern invention. Saturated manipulated photos, flat screen LCD tvs and 3D cinematic experi...

Not distracted by the view. Oh no. When looking at art, the viewer should be encouraged to consider geographic issues, to enquire how fa...

Malina Busch 'Fluorescent Blush' This review was going to be a celebration of summer colours; of shutting ones eyes against the ...

This was an interesting start to Birkbeck Arts Week . Given the MA  Catholic reformation module , I thought it would be a on topic diversi...

I'm currently looking up at the sky. Reclining in the welcome silence of the hotel's quiet room with a cup of fruit tea. It...

Cava del Braschi, Monte Ceceri This lecture opened in entertaining style with an immediate reference to the previous one . Dr Dent had p...

Although the intellectual life of the artist is crucial, my focus this weekend has been on the patron and his concerns. I'm coming rou...