Grumpy Art Historian
Curmudgeonly criticism, mostly about art.
Sunday, 25 October 2015
Dear museums: buy this!
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Picture: Sotheby's This Orazio Gentileschi is a supreme masterpiece. It's coming up for auction with an estimate of $25m - $35m...
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Should museums borrow from dealers?
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The great Gentileschi coming up for sale has prompted a debate about the ethics of museums displaying loaned pictures that are 'for s...
Carlo Crivelli
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Picture: Amazon Stephen J. Campbell (ed) Ornament and Illusion: Carlo Crivelli of Venice Paul Hoberton 2015 £35 Carlo Crivelli...
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Cultural Value
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Picture: Telegraph Our cultural apparatchiks have turned away from the narrow instrumentalism of measuring performance against targets,...
Monday, 19 October 2015
Frieze
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Frieze Masters tries to make old pictures fashionable by mixing them with the moderns. I like my old masters unfashionable and splendidly...
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Recent reading: 'Body of Art' and others
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Picture: Amazon Diane Fortunberry et al Body of Art Phaidon 2015 £39.95 The term is meant as a put-down, but I love coffee table ar...
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Friday, 16 October 2015
How not to buy a Rembrandt
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Picture: Wales Online Two big Rembrandt deals have been announced recently. Both reveal wastefulness and foolishness in public art acqu...
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