Category Archives: Arts

“I used to appear in the opera here,” he says disarmingly. “As an extra. It was a normal student job.” What roles had he played? “Slaves, soldiers, priests. Everything.” The plan with “Intimissimi on Ice” was to produce a spettacolo. He certainly achieved that, I say. But what about the critics? He brushes their objectionsContinue reading “Note. 10 May 2015.”

Robert and Lisa Sainsbury were Bacon’s first patrons and in the 1950s bought 13 paintings, costing £8,000 in total. The painter and the Sainsburys became good friends and were among the extremely rare subjects that Bacon painted from life. His audaciously stylised, extravagantly vertical portrait of Lisa, emphasising her strong, decisive features, was inspired byContinue reading “FB2. 24 Apr 2015.”

Ed Harangq, 1969

Normally, I don’t like pictures of movie stars. The subject matter overwhelms. But in this case, he’s not really a movie star — he’s an actor and director; so an exception can easily be made. I think this is a Chromogenic Print (C-print) that dimensions 18″x23″. I remember Deborah Hunter giving her photography class anContinue reading “Eastwood. 8 Mar 2015.”

Dialogue.

Que cosa vibrazioni?