Letter from London December 2023
National & international
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On Modern Buildings in London by Ian Nairn & the exhibitions “Portraits of Dogs” & “Turner and Bonington” at the Wallace Collection, London.
On Modern Buildings in London by Ian Nairn & the exhibitions “Portraits of Dogs” & “Turner and Bonington” at the Wallace Collection, London.
On “Generations” by Northern Ballet of Leeds, at the Royal Opera House, London.
On “Generations” by Northern Ballet of Leeds, at the Royal Opera House, London.
On art thieves, Damien Hirst’s inertia & public art’s revival.
On Masquerade: The Lives of Noël Coward by Oliver Soden.
On Hockney poking fun, scientism & art as a Band-Aid.
On Heidegger’s legacy, Donizetti, The Saviour, Hopper by the sea, the tube & more from the world of culture.
On the pain of the Old Masters, the pain of Saint Francis & the pain of a bad ballet.
On the coronation of King Charles III.
On “After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art” at the National Gallery, London.