tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post6425828170520106860..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Bonnard and Ruskin: diamonds and gemstonesDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-56949999394522824582019-04-29T10:28:28.400+01:002019-04-29T10:28:28.400+01:00Watch this space. The House of European Art (HEart...Watch this space. The House of European Art (HEart) will find a way even if the Commission becomes a delegation.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-14851241032669841422019-04-28T13:19:28.787+01:002019-04-28T13:19:28.787+01:00Very glad to hear 12 Star will find a way to conti...Very glad to hear 12 Star will find a way to continue on.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674930917585246294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-4861374624110730482019-04-28T12:32:36.362+01:002019-04-28T12:32:36.362+01:00Yes - good point about the white on the canvas. I ...Yes - good point about the white on the canvas. I fancy too many of our art critics come from other spheres. There are some truly terrible ones on the broadsheets who write about the biographical background and nothing else. No mention of technique, or the inseparables of form and content.<br /><br />As for the 12 Star, well, it will continue in some form: even if we leave, there may be a lacuna, but the phoenix will rise somewhere else...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-54023204591706592732019-04-28T02:42:43.027+01:002019-04-28T02:42:43.027+01:0010 years ago now (how time does fly), we saw an ex...10 years ago now (how time does fly), we saw an exhibit of Bonnard late interiors. It was wonderful, and, while full of color, also left an impression for his expert use of white, of all things. What he did, he seems to me have done better than anyone, so hard to grasp where is cause for complaint. I do not like to think of a last exhibit at the 12 Star. Such a lovely gallery, and it should go on no matter what.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674930917585246294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-78153573080514275752019-04-26T10:35:21.662+01:002019-04-26T10:35:21.662+01:00Yes she is at Bath Spa on an acting degree course....Yes she is at Bath Spa on an acting degree course. We will try for the drawings but it may be twirly for us.Howard Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03217071162180558304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-83201196733328457152019-04-26T09:15:42.434+01:002019-04-26T09:15:42.434+01:00Must check out the Viktor Wynd Museum. Did Rowan g...Must check out the Viktor Wynd Museum. Did Rowan go to Bath to study, then? And J says if you want to look at the drawings in the 12 Star you'd need to look well before 6pm because there's a reception for ambassadors before the concert (to which I am not invited either...).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-81036745708596291202019-04-25T22:53:39.346+01:002019-04-25T22:53:39.346+01:00HaHa! a story too good to be checked, as I heard G...HaHa! a story too good to be checked, as I heard Gavin Eslar say recently interviewing the mighty Robert Wyatt, in Canterbury - where else? I don't think you need to read the overlong and unsatisfactorily anti-climactic trilogy to appreciate Peake's fantastic drawings, and his illustrated works are a delight, although Ruskin probably wouldn't have approved. No idea what his son (not grandson) Fabian will say but it will be fun finding out together with all 3 of my daughters which is a rare occurrence as one of them lives in Sydney and the youngest in Bath.Howard Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03217071162180558304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-55841001850167831282019-04-24T12:17:02.076+01:002019-04-24T12:17:02.076+01:00Thanks for the tip. Still clutching head at unrepe...Thanks for the tip. Still clutching head at unrepentant Corbyn pursuing the dead end of trying to bash out a 'better' deal - the only sensible deal is not to leave. But we cease to be surprised by his mirror image of Mayhem's psychotic persistence. He has to go. Whom will you vote for in the European Parliament elections? <br /><br />See you before that at the Europe Day Concert - if you arrive early you can get to see the charming exhibition in the 12-Star. Fun for all the family!<br /><br />Peake - I need to read the Gormenghast trilogy first. Ruskin - si non e vero, etc. I needed it for my segue. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-84112667525026574392019-04-24T12:09:58.307+01:002019-04-24T12:09:58.307+01:00The very excellent Naomi Fowler of Tax Justice Net...The very excellent Naomi Fowler of Tax Justice Net has tweeted a detailed analysis by region, industry etc. of jobs lost "due to Brexit", 225,000 since the referendum. I despair of Labour wanting to protect jobs by, er, leaving the EU.<br /><br />The Bonnard is a must see that I will probably miss, sadly. I did catch a rather crowded Mervyn Peake set of drawings at the tiny Viktor Wynd museum recently, and there is a talk there on Monday by Fabian (his grandson?) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fabian-peake-on-mervyn-peake-tickets-56408786198#tickets<br /><br />Wasn't that whole thing about Ruskin and his wife a myth, or at least exaggerated. Looking forward to the Europe Day gig and many many more!Howard Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03217071162180558304noreply@blogger.com