Category Archives: Art gallery

Grayson Perry: “The Vanity of Small Differences”

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Houyhnhnm

Victoria Miro Gallery, Hoxton Six stunning tapestries (woven on a computerised loom, from colour-blocked scans of paintings, according to the guy at the cash desk) depicting a modern Rake’s Progress. Hogarth’s Tom Rakewell has become Tim Rakewell, pink-lensed software magnate … Continue reading →

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The Courtauld Gallery

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Houyhnhnm

A first proper visit since sixth form. Lots of very good stuff, particularly the Impressionists. Quite a revelation, in my recognising for the first time, through looking at the Impressionists, how all artists construct what is always in some sense … Continue reading →

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