Job being smitten by boils, a Count left to starve to death, the ghost of a flea, and one of Blake’s most complex and enigmatic paintings: true genius.
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How hard-won freedoms are being taken away by lies, stealth, and guile. A warning to other democracies.
His oils and pastels were rich in colour, full of flowers and light, and radical visions even by today’s standards.
Surely this Act was about terrorism and serious crime, wasn’t it? Why should I need to do anything different now it is law?
A unique opportunity to see the works of four of Australia’s most important painters, and to broaden understanding of Impressionism.
A famous British Admiral, a former Prime Minister, Chaucer and his Canterbury pilgrims, and the last bard alive – all subjects for these remarkable paintings.
First shown in the Salon at the age of only 18, Vincent van Gogh spotted his talent. Not only was it cut short, but his paintings are vanishing.
On Monday, bloggers on WordPress.com sites got a surprise: the old WP Admin interface had vanished. Almost.
His early career, drawing extraordinary ‘noirs’ in charcoal, making lithographs, and starting to paint in oils.
Fifty paintings of scenes from the Bible: they could easily have been so bland. Not for Blake, though, whose genius shines through.
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