Independent researcher: 20thC Art & Visual Culture London, Paris, Moscow. Works in (slow) progress (1) British Art Groups (2) Nancy Cunard - An Uncommon Viewer.
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#ReadingWeekend
"La Belle France" by Simon Morley (@YaleBooks), "Roger Fry - Bloomsbury and the Invention of Modern Art" by Fiona McKenzie Johnston (@triglyphbooks) & "Art-Quake, 1910: The Manet and the Post-Impressionists Exhibition" (@oldstpublishing)
Oh my! An extraordinary selection of artist, Queen of Montparnasse and friend of Nina Hamnett #MarieVassilieff's paintings, drawings - including the famous 1917 Banquet for Braque - and puppets up for auction:
rouillac.com/fr/auction-677-…
#LeonoraCarrington at Musee du Luxembourg until 19th July 2026: museeduluxembourg.fr/fr/agen…
One of the key Francophile artists in Simon Morley's "La Belle France" is of course Bloomsbury's Roger Fry - the subject of Fiona McKenzie Johnston's new biography (@triglyphbooks)
Just finished reading Simon Morley's "La Belle France".
Published by @YaleBritishArt this week, it explores British artists working in France from Walter Sickert to Nina Hamnett, Edward Burra to David Hockney - I feel I've been on a glorious & very interesting holiday!
The #PatrickHeron exhibition at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert Gallery is on until 10th July (great accompanying catalogue too!).
The Red Table [1950]
So looking forward to reading this: #MirandaSeymour is such a brilliant biographer and Vera Gredroits sounds amazing! Interestingly, she (Vera, not Miranda) also turns up as a character in @AKurkov's new novel #TheLostSoldiers!
I, VERA by @mirandajseymour is out today!
Vera Gedroits' contribution to the radical improvements to wartime surgery she pioneered as the first female battlefield surgeon have remained unacknowledged to this day.
Miranda Seymour uncovers the story of this brilliant woman.
Fantastic BBC4 documentary on the life & art of Gluck (now on i-player)!
I'm looking forward to reading Diana Souhami's biography!
Tonight!
BBC Four - Gluck: Who Did She Think He Was?
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p057nls…
Just finished reading @AKurkov's #TheLostSoldiers (@maclehosepress; translator @BorisDralyuk), the third book in #TheKyivMysteries series & the best yet - congratulations & thank you Andrey!
