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Art Gallery of New South Wales: Europeans

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Another batch of paintings from my visit to the AGNSW, this one focusing on European and British artists. I’m particularly fond of Strutt’s coolly triumphal David’s First Victory, the barely suppressed sexuality under the surface of Sallé’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Travel | Tagged antonio canaletto, art gallery of new south wales, briton riviere, claude monet, eugene delacroix, francois salle, jacopo amigoni, lucian freud, museum, paul cezanne, peter paul rubens, vincent van gogh, william strutt | 2 Comments

Quote Du Jour: Joan Didion on J. Paul Getty

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: In a way [J. Paul Getty] seems to have wanted only to do something no one else could or would do. In his posthumous book, As I See It, he advises us that he never wanted “one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture | Tagged architecture critics, fuck you money, Getty Villa, J. Paul Getty, Joan Didion, museum, philanthropy | 2 Comments

Women Holding Their Heads In Their Hands While Reading Du Jour

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: From my recent visit to the Art Institute of Chicago, a strange mini-trend I noticed. Jacques-Louis David, Madame François Buron (1769) Sir Thomas Lawrence, Mrs Jens Wolff (1803-15) Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Interrupted Reading (c. 1870) More art and other … Continue reading →