The first love for an object – Nutella-soaked breakfast crackers, Glenn Gould and his variations on Goldberg, before Florence in May, even before the nimble feet of Fred Astaire – the love that came before all others was England, and more specifically: London.
Like all other first adolescent emotional attachments this love was abstract, idealistic, unconditional, [...]
The Charming Mountain Goat…is sauntering through London
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Charming Mountain Goat, Travel Writing
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The WD Interview – Ben Wilson, Chewing Gum Artist
January 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Arts & Culture, The WD Interview
The next time you are loitering outside the Royal Academy of Arts in Piccadilly in London, ignore the big names exhibiting at Burlington House and instead look out for a small colourful painting in the road. It is the work of artist Ben Wilson, who over the past five years has painted around 10,000 pieces [...]
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it’s just a book…”Bronzino” by Maurice Brock
September 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Art, Coffee Table Books, It's just a Book
Tags:"Portrait of Laura Battiferri" by Bronzino·Anonymous painting of Agnolo Bronzino·Anonymous portrait of Agnolo Bronzino·Florence·london·National Gallery·Palazzo Vecchio·Portrait of a Young Man"/"Portrait of the Sculptor Pier
Jodhpurs Nr. 13: British High Society
May 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Jodhpurs
Jodhpurs Photograph Nr. 13 by unknown woman at Tattersall’s horse auction rooms in London
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