Journalist, photographer and social commentator.
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Cupid complaining to Venus, about 1525 © The National Gallery, London Mitt program handlar om konstnären, hovmålaren och entreprenören extraordinär Lucas Cranach den äldre, som levde mellan 1472 och 1553. Hans målningar och träsnitt bidrog till […]
Det nya kalla kriget? Förra året råkade Storbritannien och Ryssland i luven på varandra efter att två ryska militära underrättelseagenter utförde en dristig nervgiftattack på dubbelagenten Sergej Skripal och hans dotter i Salisbury. Mordförsöket misslyckades men spänningen mellan de båda […]
Lyssna här Jag tillbringade en vecka på Mull tillsammans med min familj och fyra vänner. Vädret i augusti är som det är, man kan inte förvänta sig solsken mer än….ja, någon dag i veckan. Den karga naturen och alla […]
Artemisia, National Gallery in London 3 October 2020 – 24 January 2021 Don’t try this at home. Just try to imagine what it would be like to slice somebody’s head off with a sword. First of all,you have to make […]
Gauguin and the Impressionists, seen at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (until 18 October 2020) Pictures from the Danish ‘Golden Age’ of art (first half of the 19th century) and Vilhelm Hammershøi’s understated, almost stark interiors have this century […]
London’s National Gallery and The Hague’s Mauritshuis museum have put together the first exhibition in the UK devoted to Nicolaes Maes, a Dutch Golden Age painter who deserves to be more well-known. Even in the Netherlands Nicolaes Maes (1634–1693) is […]
Do you think you know London’s National Gallery? Think again. The museum has reopened, now that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is deemed to have passed. But all visitors are still expected to wear a face mask. You will […]
This is my second report from TEFAF Maastricht, the world’s foremost art fair for antiques and design. In my previous blog I mentioned a number of blockbusters, both quality- and price-wise. In this article I am concentrating on some personal […]
Back home after two riveting days at the TEFAF antiques & fine arts fair in Maastricht and my head is still buzzing. No, it’s not the coronavirus that’s affecting me. When I am trying to process thousands of exquisite objects […]
